Jen Lancaster Quotes
You can't all of a sudden go to sleep one night and wake up Martha Stewart. It's bit by bit by bit.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I studied Morse code.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
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Cricket was my reason for living.
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I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception.
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A goal is a dream with a deadline.
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Blood tells - always remember that - blood tells.
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During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.
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Sure, we all like listening to music on vinyl, but that doesn't mean streaming music on Spotify is bad.
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One day, a musician asked me what I did. When I told him I was to be a businessman, he laughed and said, 'You are not a businessman.' Sometimes all it takes is one person to put an important thought in your head, and he did.
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Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.
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You can't all of a sudden go to sleep one night and wake up Martha Stewart. It's bit by bit by bit.
