Jane Byrne Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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Most often the music does end up in the movie, and sometimes there's a point where I wish that it wasn't, just because I think the score would be more effective if there was less of it. But, again, that's not my call.
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For me, the most interesting thing is longevity and sustaining a career, because that's what's truly difficult.
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I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to make a steady living in, so it's important to have a good family, friends, job and education to fall back on.
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To me music is the centre of the universe and the voice of the spirits and the voice of God and the voice of all the people who have lived and died...At least the ones I'm connected to.
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I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago.
