Jan Berry Quotes
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It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
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There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
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There's no time for boys in my life right now.
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I was asked if I would play President Obama in 'My Name is Khan.' I didn't feel comfortable with doing it. Partly because he was still in office, but mainly because I felt that there were other people who were better suited to doing the role.
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Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.
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Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.
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One very clear memory I have of college is that I never learned anything in the big lectures. I have a feeling I'd have done even worse if they'd been on a laptop screen.
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I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation.
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I am a big proponent of being in touch with everyone even when I do not have a story to ask about.
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Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
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I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
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I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.
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New York, for decades, offered a perpetual series of 'golden ages' to artists. You constantly had to measure yourself against the best, and you had to watch them, which meant that your imagination and also your sense of what the market could stand got very, very sharp.
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I can speak to actors in their terms. Knowing I was an actor, they relax. You can have the best shot in the world - but, at the center of it, you still need a good performance.
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Thinkers are not a welcome addition to most social situations.
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We have to fight sometimes to survive.
