Janeane Garofalo Quotes
If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.
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What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny - but when I do it, it's not?
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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I think Australian food is probably some of the best in the world.
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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A lot of people tend to go into the music industry and be really - what do you call it? - oblivious to everything that comes with it.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.
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Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
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I haven't seen it this busy since I've been an IndyCar driver. So I think that's a great kind of thing that's happening for the IndyCar Series, in general, right now. But it's an event that I'm very proud to be part of. I love it. I can't wait to come back next year.
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You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.
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One of the nice things about 'The New Yorker' is they let you write stories that sometimes end up almost half a book.
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Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.
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If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.
