Janis Ian Quotes
I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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People don't appreciate that when you're on the Internet, it's a 24/7 job. Even if you're not releasing episodes, your show is living and breathing on the Internet because there's a community around it. Ninety percent of the work is after the web series is shot, and you have to constantly maintain your community, because it's all you have.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.
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Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
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A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
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I'm not really a computer guy. It's like recess. I'd rather be outside getting dirty in the sandbox.
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I never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to become known to realize the advantages of obscurity.
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The first day back to school, you never want to wear your best outfit. You're setting the bar too high for yourself! Then the rest of the school year, you'll feel so much pressure! Wear something cute, but save your best outfit for a day when no one expects it.
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I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.
