Ken Kesey Quotes
They're out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.
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The Tao teaches us not to intervene and interfere. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. And the people we love we have to learn to let them be.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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I was only 23 and just out of college when I filmed 'Casualty' and so nervous, but it was brilliant fun. I was really lucky, and it really helped my career.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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I grew up eating Cuban food all the time.
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'Orphan Black' tends to, for their auditions, shroud it in secrecy and change names.
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I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very tough neighbourhood with a lot of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad moved us to a suburban area from what was a ghetto area. It gave me a chance of survival.
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My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.
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They're out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them.
