Courtney Barnett Quotes

I never planned to be a professional artist - I just want to be a sustainable artist. I guess they're the same thing if you look at them from a different angle.

Courtney Barnett

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In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

John Burns

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I think I'm going to be a stuntwoman on the side.

Silvia Colloca

ThinkSideGoingI Think

Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community.

Simon Rattle

CommunityPeopleLikeEmbodiment

Most of who's left in the administration now are all these yes men and fanboys who were van drivers or press flacks for Barack Obama in Iowa and New Hampshire in 2008.

Tom Cotton

MenNewNowYesLeftIowa

Lack of diversity in Hollywood has been well documented thanks to #OscarSoWhite, but lack of diversity in the documentary world is less talked about.

Roger Ross Williams

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We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back more towards the direction where you couldn't classify each song as a certain kind of music. This album you can.

Mike Gordon

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It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.

Michael Tolkin

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I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly.

Michel Faber

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I'd crawl over broken glass for Elle MacPherson or Cindy Crawford.

Jon Bon Jovi

BrokenGlassOverCrawlBroken Glass

When I am happy on the pitch, it's because everything is going well off it.

Dimitri Payet

I AmHappyI Am HappyEverythingOff

Unless the immigration issue is tackled in a constructive way, Mexico and the United States will probably revert to a historic cycle of confrontation and recrimination.

Denise Dresser

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You have to tell a super story that has some fantastical element, but the human element is what's going to keep people watching.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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