Valerie June Quotes

I am a boring loner. I enjoy Friday nights at home in my rocking chair with no arms, rocking and relaxing. It's not uncommon for Netflix to be involved. Records are a possibility, but most of it is spent in silence.

Valerie June

Recitation: by Male by Female

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HomeSilenceI AmFridayChair

I just wanted to be a working character actor.

Michael Horse

CharacterActorWorkingJustWanted

It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

Jean Racine

PersonEverythingArmsPrudentTrial

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.

John Steinbeck

UglySickFaceEarthTrueWeak

People have interpretations of what you're supposed to be like. If you're unattractive and overweight, you must have a great personality. If you're attractive, then you must not be the nicest person. People are always taken aback that I'm easygoing but not necessarily stupid.

Mila Kunis

GreatPersonalityPeopleStupidYou

In corn, I think I've found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonald's meal, virtually all the carbon in it - and what we eat is mostly carbon - comes from corn.

Michael Pollan

FoodThinkKeyAmericanYouLook

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

Mindy Kaling

SuccessGoodGreatChildhoodValue

I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better.

Lisa Randall

GoodSimplicityThinkBetterMore

My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity as they distill how technology is expanding our sphere of possibility.

Jason Silva

TechnologyEnthusiasmFastCreate

Members of the LGBT community should feel welcome and know their rights are protected regardless of what state they reside in.

Jared Polis

CommunityWelcomeFeelKnowRights

I don't want to be a senator.

Deval Patrick

WantSenator

There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember.

Philip Dunne

TimeRememberFenceYouBackGo

I think, a lot of time, I'm just writing my worst fears, of the idea of losing my mom or my best friend or doing something so terrible to somebody that's kind of deemed unforgivable or having a really broken family.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

FamilyFriendTimeBestBrokenMom

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