Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde (Birdy) Quotes
I would love to work with Paolo Nutini because he is so soulful and an amazing songwriter.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.
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I hate the domestic life.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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Listen, we're still selling stardom. That doesn't go away because MTV decides they can't play videos or they want to program themselves more as a traditional T.V. station. Vevo and YouTube are like MTV online, and on demand.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
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You can always plan where you think your life is going to go but I don't think you can really plan your future.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.
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Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility.
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Every time you see a black romance, it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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My writing process hasn't changed - it's is the same whether I'm working on a Y.A. novel or, as now, a new novel for adults. A lot of reading, a lot of research if the subject warrants it, a lot of sticky notes and scraps of paper - and get to work.
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I used to make all my clothes when I was in Southern Death Cult [the first incarnation of The Cult]. I still make things to wear on stage and I am involved with sketching, choosing fabric, cutting.
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I would love to work with Paolo Nutini because he is so soulful and an amazing songwriter.
