Janis Ian Quotes

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

Janis Ian

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• If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.

  

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• A well-aimed spear is worth three.

  

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• No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

  

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• I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.

  

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• We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.

  

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• I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.

  

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• I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat.

  

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• I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

  

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• In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

  

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• I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since.

  

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• I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

  

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• In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people.

  

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• Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.

  

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• It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.

  

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• The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.

  

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• I like throwing snowballs at small children.

  

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• I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake call listeners.

  

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• The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

  

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• I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

  

  Janis Ian
  • Lazy