Jen Lancaster Quotes
For me, my party views don't advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O'Rourke, I'll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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Our entire film fraternity should be proud of 'Baahubali.' These are the kind of films that are not made very often.
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Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did.
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I've learned never say never.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.
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I had no style when I was 17! I look at teenagers now and say, 'I wish I'd looked like them when I was that age.' I had no style whatsoever, but style also wasn't as prominent as it is today. I was just very laid back, usually wearing jeans and tank tops and flip flops.
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When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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Bush II's democracy crusade and Obama's embrace of the Arab Spring have unleashed and empowered forces less receptive to America's wishes and will than the despots and dictators deposed with our approval.
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When I started competing at X Games, there was so much chaos that often me and my girlfriends would go into the trees and just take a moment.
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Painting on the ground was a cool challenge because you can't just stand back and see what you're doing.
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When I introduce you to somebody, his name is Big Pun. When I introduce you to somebody, his name is DJ Khaled. When I introduce you to an artist, her name is Remy Ma. If I introduce you to somebody, it's Cool and Dre or Scott Storch - people who change the face of the game.
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I love running the floor and doing crazy dunks. I think I bring a lot of enthusiasm to the team.
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America is a tune. It must be sung together.
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For me, my party views don't advance my narrative. Until I can find a way to write political satire like my idols Christopher Buckley or P.J. O'Rourke, I'll simply say what team I play for and leave it at that.
