Janine di Giovanni Quotes
In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.
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I've chosen to treat my life more like a party than something to stress about.
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Lyrics are coming to you all the time. I get inspiration in the middle of the night.
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My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
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Through the very culture of representation through form, we have come to see that the abstract - like the mathematical - is actually expressed in and through all things, although not determinately.
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In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.
