Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde (Birdy) Quotes
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I don't know, a lot of people go crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I don't like the soap opera aspect of it and only following one character. I like the context to all of it, all the pieces, like 'The Wire.' It's more about the state of things; it's not about the narrative of a person.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
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There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.
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That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.
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To believe something in the face of evidence and against reason - to believe something by faith - is ignoble, irresponsible and ignorant, and merits the opposite of respect.
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Socialism means slavery.
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If you look at it ideologically, I would say Brexit is not something that probably is good for the world.
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I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.
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I used to play violin, but I wasn't very good!
