Jeff Baena Quotes
My pet peeve is when people criticize things when they're just trying to have a conversation.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
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I stay around for two or three hours after every show signing and taking pictures with everybody, and people come up and say hi and they say, "I didn't know what to expect but it was so different to what I imagined, it was so cool". I want to believe they're not lying. You know so, some people don't get it, some people do.
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I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.
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Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
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My pet peeve is when people criticize things when they're just trying to have a conversation.
