Jemima Kirke Quotes

I go to Florida sometimes for vacation. I actually really like Florida. It's a weird place, it's surreal. It's so close, but you feel like you're in another world or on an island.

Jemima Kirke

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VacationWorldWeirdFeelYouPlace

I remember a nightfall from childhood, far from home and off the known track: I'd been walking with some older boys, but they ran off and left me, and as darkness hurried in, I suddenly realised how far from home I was.

John Burnside

HomeDarknessChildhoodMeWalking

The thing with NBA teams, a lot of times they just want to get you back on the floor to play, so as a player you've got to be very, very smart.

Andrew Bogut

SmartYouBackPlayWantFloor

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.

Robert Musil

GoodPaintingWorldPictureWant

I was one of the first women partners at my law firm, the first woman in my Minnesota prosecutor job, and the first woman elected from my state to the Senate. So advice from women who had done similar things was important for me.

Amy Klobuchar

WomenJobWomanMeLawAdvice

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Steve Jobs

ManMeNightSayingDoneMatter

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Sophocles

ImpossibleSpeakNoble

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

St. Jerome

BeautyMostAdorned

It's one thing for the people in the industry to know who you are, because they've heard about you earlier. I have friends calling me from the Christian bookstore because there's a poster on the wall. It's just weird.

Stacie Orrico

PeopleMeWeirdChristianFriends

We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.

Roger Ebert

HelpDNAOurProtagonistIdentifying

All my jabs, they're all different. I have a million different jabs.

Rose Namajunas

DifferentMillion

Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It's a shower for homeless people. And it's a place you can write all day. The baristas don't glare at you. They don't even look at you.

Mike Birbiglia

DaySpacePeopleHomelessYouLook

Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word.

Jon Postel

FootballRedGameReachTryingOwn

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