"I like the idea that we can contain our weirdness, but I prefer it when we wear it all over ourselves."

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Source : Kelly Oxford (2013). “Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar”, p.9, Harper Collins

Kelly Oxford

#Ideas Quotes #Weirdness Quotes

“Yeah, it's been a ride I guess I had to go to that place to get to this one Now some of you might still be in that place If you're trying to get out, just follow me I'll get you there”
“But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.”

Source : "Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.
“There's something real in women's intuition. It's an accurate signpost for decision making, but it usually bumps up against man's logic. So we have to put ego aside and listen to them.”
“Introducing a technology is not a neutral act--it is profoundly revolutionary. If you present a new technology to the world you are effectively legislating a change in the way we all live. You are changing society, not some vague democratic process. The individuals who are driven to use that technology by the disparities of wealth and power it creates do not have a real choice in the matter. So the idea that we are giving people more freedom by developing technologies and then simply making them available is a dangerous illusion.”
“They got love bigger than the Beatles, wild and free like the Rolling Stones.”
“Flower was a good metaphor for growth. The song is obviously about sexual responsibility, so that was the main metaphor. Also, it's like knowing who someone has been and remembering and appreciating that, but really appreciating what they are now even more.”
“Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.”
“When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.”

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