Jemima Kirke Quotes
My opinions of which of my works are good are vastly different than other people's. There is one that I'm obsessed with but I swear... no one else has ever even commented on it. So I'm a bit shy to draw attention to it.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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If there's anybody who is recognized as the one guy who has stymied Alaskan development, it's Bill Clinton.
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I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.
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The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before.
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You think I was born rich? I've worked really hard. You have no idea.
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My opinions of which of my works are good are vastly different than other people's. There is one that I'm obsessed with but I swear... no one else has ever even commented on it. So I'm a bit shy to draw attention to it.
