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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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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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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Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.
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My experience is, I do a table reading, and it's literally like it's written in colossal neon lights what's wrong with the screenplay.
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The title of my book is 'American Histories,' plural. And as far as I'm concerned, my reading of history is it is a sort of nightmare. It is a sort of nightmare, and I'm trying to wake up from it. And as any nightmare, it's full of much that is unspeakable.
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The first thing I do when I'm shopping is touch everything to see if it's itchy. I remember my mom used to put me in the itchiest clothes ever, and I was traumatized by it, so I won't wear anything itchy now.
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I was trying for years to woo people through humour, but it seems flash cars are much easier.
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We have to fight sometimes to survive.
