Jane Hamilton Quotes
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
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When I was a child, I felt at times that I had been born into an insane asylum, that much of human life appeared to be an insane asylum. It was bewildering.
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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The fact is, Charles and Diana's marriage was a train smash in many ways, and, as Camilla will one day be Queen, it's important for the public to understand she's not some terrible woman.
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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I couldn't believe there was going to be a show called 'Atlanta,' because that's my favorite city in the country. It's where I went to college. I have so many great friends that live there. It's where I discovered that I wanted to be an artist.
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I’m trapped in a fun-house mirror reflection of a historical society where everyone was crazy by default, driven mad by irrational laws and meaningless customs.
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I think we're all more alike than we want to believe sometimes.
