Jalal Talabani Quotes
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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I never lie to my fans.
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If your kitchen smells good, your food lost something.
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I always liked spy stories.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?
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If you so choose, each day can be filled with even more joy than the one before. If you so choose, even the most seemingly random events can work in your favor.
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I get cast a lot of times in movies with nice people for some reason - because I have a nice face or something.
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You are a living mockery of your own ideals. If not, you have set your ideals too low.
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I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work.
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I started writing at the age of seventeen because I had a teacher in high school who said that we had to get something accepted by a national magazine to get an A. The teacher later withdrew that threat, but the writing bug bit me.
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All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
