Jane Wiedlin Quotes
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The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.
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I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
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Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.
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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.
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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
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I changed my writing style deliberately. My first two novels were written in a very self-consciously literary way. After I embraced gay subject matter, which was then new, I didn't want to stand in its way. I wanted to make the style as transparent as possible so I could get on with it and tell the story, which was inherently interesting.
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Your present is shaped by your yesterday, but you don't have to advertise it.
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I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.
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Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.
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Stupid is a great force in human affairs.
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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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I remember turning 'The Sopranos' on once and within two minutes nearly throwing a brick through the screen.
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She had a yearning to lose herself in this noisy throng of people going about the business of staying alive.
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Mr. Mets is representative not only of the general public, but also of many scientific workers, publicists, and writers. Like most people, he takes words as much for granted as the air he breathes, gives them about as much thought.
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But, yes, now I wouldn't do some of those soundtracks the way I did them.
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The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who are self-selected, for being able to journey into the Other, if the artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.
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The launch of Nautilus, the world's first atomic submarine marked a transition in naval warfare-a transition as sudden as that associated with the Monitor.
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I'm a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I'm not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics talk about celebrating life and working through pain. I think that's what yoga's about, getting rid of, moving energy and letting it flow through you.
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I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
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The Go-Go's were like my first babies.
