Jameela Jamil Quotes
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Mark Ruffalo is just an amazing guy and an amazing director.
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I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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Dead people don't really die. They live on within you.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
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A comedy club is a place where you work out material, you're trying material.
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I shall from time to time write a small Clue - so that you may be the more thoroughly confounded.
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There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a middle-aged person. The further you get from childhood and the experience of the teenage years, the greater the danger of losing that wellspring.
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I'm not trying to prove myself, and I'm not trying to shock anyone.
