"I think somebody who is more self-reflective should ask why they personally aren't going on that path. If amateurism is so great, why didn't you stay one? You have to look at the larger economy, a backdrop of unemployment; it's shitty out there."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Astra Taylor

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Unemployment Quotes

“I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'”
“Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.”
“People are like, 'Well, she doesn't know the Sex Pistols.' Why would I know that stuff? Look how young I am. That stuff's old, right?”
“We feel like "Lost" deserved a real resolution, not a "snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black" kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.”

Source : "Talking 'Lost' with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse". Interview with Jen Chaney, voices.washingtonpost.com. May 20, 2010.
“A big chunk of [Donald] Trump's tax cut would go to businesses.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering.”
“I became a physician in order to help save lives. I am at once a physician, a citizen, and a woman, and I am not willing to stand aside and allow the concept of expendable human lives to turn this great land of ours into just another exclusive reservation where only the perfect, the privileged, and the planned have the right to live.”
“There are moments on songs like "Violet" where it's still shrouded in metaphor, but it's quite, I don't know, explicit. And then there are songs like "Boyfriend," where obviously it's straight up, very, very simple. It's fun to play around with words; I really enjoy doing that, so I don't think I'll ever stop, but it's also been nice to have messages on there that I can say flat out and that people appreciate.”

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