Jemaine Clement Quotes
I miss the city Bret and I live in, Wellington. It's a good place to be creative, in the same way New York is.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.
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It's remarkable what a new kidney does to your life. I have no complaints... I'm pretty amazed. I have been working on my stamina.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.
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I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.
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I should have been deliriously happy. I had my dream come true. I'm a best-selling author. So why is everything in my life, including my writing, going bad?
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The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.
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Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.
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My childhood was colorfully anarchic and punctuated by a lot of change.
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I don't crave Hollywood.
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Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
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I think I've developed, as many people do, this sense of, 'Don't say the wrong thing, or else people will point at you and laugh.'
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I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.
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I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
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Walking at random through the streets, we came by chance upon the Cathedral of Notre Dame. I shall long remember my first impression of the scene within. The lofty gothic ceiling arched far above my head and through the stained windows the light came but dimly - it was all still, solemn and religious.
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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.
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I miss the city Bret and I live in, Wellington. It's a good place to be creative, in the same way New York is.
