Sara Bareilles Quotes
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.
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Being on TV sucks. It's a lot of work. You memorize scripts and then you show up and they change everything. I'm a control freak. When I'm doing stand-up, I say what I want and then I get instant feedback.
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I'll never be like a Barbie girl, that's for sure.
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I'm a big lipstick girl - I'm old school that way.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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I love C-3PO; I love the girl from 'Ex Machina' - these kind of robots that have so much soul that you feel for them.
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No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.
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When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories.
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I was brought up to think a lot about food and have respect for it, both as medicine and something to eat and enjoy.
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My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.
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I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of a garage. That's where I grew up. I can recognize these places with my eyes closed.
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I've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious.
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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
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It's unconditional love with your kids.
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It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business.
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You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
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'We should celebrate,' Rita said.'Yes. I'm where I wanted to be.' Benteley sipped the remains of his drink. 'Working for the Directorate. Sworn in to the Quizmaster. That’s what I set out for, that day. It seems like a long time ago. Well, I've finally arrived.' He gazed down at his glass and was silent.'How do you feel?''Not much different.'
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I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.
