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- Nov 07, 2020
Something Quotes
On possibility and ideas that don't fit a category.
These quotes use 'something' to point at ideas that resist easy labels: a genre dismissed as less than serious, alliances formed for practical reasons, and cultural needs that never fit a fixed category. For more, see our Doing quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've known since I was about six that I wanted to be an actor, but I grew up in a very small country town, and it was just not something that was possible.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep working because I learn something new all the time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 1880s, a weedy Easterner named Owen Wister had something like a nervous breakdown. Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and healthy pursuits, was prescribed as a cure. Wister was immediately smitten by the taciturn cowboys and the rules imposed upon them by the cattle barons.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique, lovely design.
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- Nov 07, 2020