Miranda July Quotes

I have a big brother who would make dolls' houses and playhouses and furniture out of wood. He was the one who taught me from such a young age that you could just make something. The physical act of gluing something together was really formative for me.

Miranda July

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AgeTogetherBrotherMeYouYoung

The reviews are getting better, but they always do, in time, if you're still alive.

Jim Harrison

TimeBetterGetting BetterYouAlive

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

Johannes Tauler

GodYouCreationTeachYourSins

Once or twice a week, I try to do some kind of boxing. I'm hitting the bags and jumping rope - all that stuff.

Mekhi Phifer

WeekBoxingKindTryRopeJumping

I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.

Tommy Lee Jones

WorkGoodGreatPeopleLearnYou

At one point, CERN was toying with patenting the World Wide Web.

Robert Cailliau

WorldPointWebWideWorld Wide Web

You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.

Romola Garai

WomenTodayAestheticYou1950sHad

My act's not heavy on pop culture or stories, just lots of jokes.

Judah Friedlander

CultureJokesActHeavyPop Culture

In L.A., my house is surrounded by churches, and there are no cars, so it's really nice to just walk around before I go home to check my emails from Spain, which have been coming in all night.

Jordi Molla

HomeWalkNightHouseGoNice

The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.

Dorothea Dix

CharacterTeacherMindSmallEnergy

Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.

Corey Hawkins

CharacterControlFeelSometimes

I was never really into partying.

Coco Martin

NeverPartyingReally

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

Brent Spiner

ManThinkPotentialEnoughSeeing

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