J. D. Salinger Quotes
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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My health is fine.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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I have nine compartments in my brain, and four of them don't stop.
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It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.
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I really don't pay attention to the outside world when I'm incarcerated, because being in prison is like being in a different world. So I don't pay attention to what's going on outside of jail, because it's all beyond my control.
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You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff.
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Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends – well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
