Rachel Kushner Quotes

Some writers think that fiction is the space of great neutrality where all humans share the same concerns, and we are all alike. I don't think so. I'm interested in class warfare because I think it's real.

Rachel Kushner

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GreatSpaceThinkClassRealSame

One of the problems is that everybody is used to the old-fashioned debate system, which is very controlled, and where the moderator plays a more active role.

Jim Lehrer

ProblemsDebateMoreActiveSystem

If I feel my child is being deprived of anything that could affect her progress as a person, then I become extremely neurotic and douse the situation with as much help as humanly possible.

Jeremy Sisto

ProgressChildFeelHelpSituation

Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.

Michael Franti

MusicPowerArtTogetherPeople

I took to heart the instructions my father drilled into my head. Respect the customer. Pay attention to her. Take her package to her car. You broke your neck to get what she wanted because you never knew when the next customer would come along.

Stanley Marcus

FatherCarHeartRespectAttention

People tend to associate Qualcomm with the chip - and they should: We're an excellent chip company - but I think we have a larger role in the ecosystem of cellular that I think people are not aware of. And our relevance to more consumer electronics - and, I would say, industries - is actually just increasing.

Steve Mollenkopf

PeopleThinkSayMoreCompanyRole

We are united in the hope that every individual will someday enjoy at least the intellectual privileges we have had, if not always the material advantages.

Sidney Altman

HopeEnjoyIntellectualWillAlways

If there was a mobility service that's cheaper than owning a car, more reliable, and you get to sit in the back seat instead of being stressed out in the front seat, why would you own a car?

Travis Kalanick

CarServiceYouBackWhyMore

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

Julia Cameron

GoodBestEnoughNothingWorstTry

The fact is some people really love my work, some people not so much, but at the end of the day, I don't want anybody coming out of the movie thinking about me.

Joss Whedon

WorkLoveDayPeopleMeThinking

I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.

Jason Calacanis

TodayTimeTryingJournalismWrong

Churches should be able to decide what kinds of unions are sanctified by their denomination, but not what kinds of unions are accepted in the civil arena.

Jared Polis

UnionsDecideKindsAbleAccepted

People often want the big dramatic works, not the smaller quieter ones, but I don't worry about how it fits together anymore; I just have to do it. I feel compelled to make a work: it's like an itch I have to scratch, and once it's been scratched, it goes away.

Cornelia Parker

WorkTogetherPeopleFeelWorryBig

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