Pramila Jayapal Quotes
I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years.
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I keep trying to define 'poetry,' but it's so difficult.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
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If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're stupid. Or they think I'm a control freak, that I will try to, I don't know, pimp their scripts and just change everything, which I will never do.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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I'm thrilled to partner with Gillette to help men understand what women want. If we're able to give them that information, and Gillette can give them the tools to get there, then we both win, and that's very exciting.
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Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.
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There is no such thing as a black middle class.
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I want to keep my health and my sanity and be well and feel happy. Plus, I want to have fun.
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Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.
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If you can get an IPO, don't buy it. Only buy IPOs you can't get.
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Nabokov, who I loved more than any other writer when I was young, had such contempt for dialogue. When I was younger, I never wrote a word of dialogue because of him. I thought it was a childish part of a novel.
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There's always a part of my brain saying: 'Stop getting comfortable. Don't relax.' Because I find it difficult to write when I'm happy. I have to go out there and get battered up and bruised to write anything. I have to feel something.
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I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years.
