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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Until we learn that other lives are equally grievable and have an equal demand on us to be grieved - especially the ones that we've helped to eliminate - I'm not sure we'll really be on the way to overcoming the problem of dehumanization.
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My legs are ice skaters' legs. No tan in sight.
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Managers today come up against a few more communication barriers. One is the pressure of time. Listening carefully takes time, and managers have little of that to spare. In today’s business culture especially, with its emphasis on speed, already pressed managers may give short shrift to the slower art of one-on-one communication.
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Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.
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North Korea has certainly, in the past, used detainees to initiate diplomatic exchanges with the United States.
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We have to fight sometimes to survive.
