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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There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.
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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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I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?
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I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work.
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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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If I'm going to eat fast food, I'm going to McDonald's. I don't need to pretend.
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The next movement is still in the factory.
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'Swingers' was a little closer to what my real experience was. 'Crazy Eyes,' whoever's experience that is, I'm telling you what, that was one heck of a ride.
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Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.
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I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.
