Janis Joplin Quotes
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
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I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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When I got to law school, I didn't do very well. To put it mildly, I didn't do very well. I, in fact, graduated in the part of my law school class that made the top 90% possible.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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I've got quite a vivid imagination and I'm easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I don't think I've ever seen a ghost - I think I'm probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.
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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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Standing alone,eager to just believe,it's good enough to be what you really are,but in your heart,uncertainty forever lies,and you'll always be,somewhere on the outside.
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People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.
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We're a family operation. There's not many of us. We have a couple people who come from time to time who work with us. Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us.
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I've been blessed to have insanely hip parents who think of me as their little Chris Rock.
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I can tell you that going to the Oscars is not as exciting as people think, at least for me.
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If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
