Jacqueline Bisset Quotes
I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs to know his job, to be open.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.
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I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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Otherwise it was quiet-that eerie, not-quite-comforting quiet one finds in small towns before dawn.
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We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!
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Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along.
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Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.
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I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs to know his job, to be open.
