Janine di Giovanni Quotes
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Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths to choose. Sometimes I think we just fill our lives with stuff so we don't really make any choice at all, which is certainly incredibly luxurious.
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It sounds super cliche, but my sister is 12 years younger than me, and I remember when I was there holding her in my arms for the first time. And that kind of responsibility you feel when you hold a child in your arms.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
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I spend a lot of time talking to women interested in office about how they can make it work.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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God makes stars. I just produce them.
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If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.
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My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth.
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I can put my legs behind my head. That's a fun fact that not a lot of people know!
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As for real chicken soup, I have it once or twice a week.
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The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington.
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Raw lobster tail, freeze dried, is amazing.
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The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
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You know, I'm really not that bright.
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It was unbelievable! My family and close friends were sitting together till quite late in the night. People outside the gate just kept standing, hordes and hordes of them. It was overwhelming. I kept going out to meet them at half-hour intervals. But it just wasn't enough.
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I prefer to have longevity. I like as great a variety as possible, hopefully to avoid getting stuck in one kind of character, having to do it over and over again. I seek to challenge myself as an actor - and at the same time support my family.
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And I think of that again as I've written in several of my beauty books, a lot of health comes from the proper eating habits, which are something that - you know, I come from a generation that wasn't - didn't have a lot of food.
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'You’re actually a soldier,' he said to me, 'and you go along with this foolishness?''I didn’t ask to be a soldier. And I can’t imagine a peace as foolish as this war we’re in.'
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Life is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.
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I'm a bit of a digital imbecile.
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I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.
