Valerie June Quotes
If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then and there.
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My coach is pushing me harder than ever to make sure I stay at a good level.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.
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I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
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I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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People believe what they want to believe.
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Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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It feels a little bit odd to me that you have some guys that have never lived in the United States that play for the United States because they were able to secure a passport. To me, that just feels like they weren't able to make it for their country and earn a living, so they're coming here.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
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There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!
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You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come.
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Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know.
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As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.
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My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts.
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The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
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If I have something inside me that I want to get out, I'll just beat it out on the banjo right then and there.
