Janis Ian Quotes
When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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I remember I was a little girl when Elizabeth Taylor stole Eddie Fisher from America's Sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds, and the reaction back then was enormous! And Angelina Jolie was in trouble, too, for taking a husband away from another America's Sweetheart. Don't take husbands from America's Sweethearts.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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I think you just have to cross your fingers that there's enough artists out there that keep producing interesting work, and eventually it will form a kind of wave that will force people to pay attention to it.
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I just love rolling up my sleeves and doing research, and I especially love doing research on the origins of folklore and the origins of mythology.
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Just as those who practice the same profession recognize each other instinctively, so do those who practice the same vice.
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...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and, as is widely known, I do not like church services.
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When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn't really part of it.
