Valerie June Quotes
I'm constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.
Quotes to Explore
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.
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I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it's raining or snowing. That's what an actor should do.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.
Garry Kasparov -
Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes.
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Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.
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Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.
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I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.
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I try not to do bad, but sometimes it's irresistible.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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We're headed towards a fascist economy in which you have big government, big corporations and big labor, and they're all in cahoots to strangle the entrepreneur.
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Who doesn’t want a Cy Young Award? What kid didn’t grow up wanting to be the best? I’m no different. I want to be the best. I’ve always wanted to be the best.
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Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.
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A good country song takes a page out of somebody's life and puts it to music.
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I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
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I'm constantly being inspired by the old days and taking things from the past and allowing them to lift me up where I am now.
