Jenji Kohan Quotes
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When I was 16, I definitely burned a couple of bridges by saying, 'I won't do this!' I was not diplomatic about it. I came to a fitting and was like, 'I don't wear fur; cancel this show!'
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Public-Private Partnership in financing, service delivery and provision of workspaces and training of trainers must be promoted to meet the demand and supply gap in the field of skill development.
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I have always been very comfortable in little clothing; its part of my job.
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I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put into these central roles and they're commanding armies - but they can't quite pull it off. I'd much rather do it in small steps and build it from there.
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My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for.
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I've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like 'Hulk' and 'The Punishers.'
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My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin.
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I like getting 'Times' articles online. But the actual paper just has too many words.
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There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money.
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When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.
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I do a lot of writing about my family.
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A society that put more emphasis on birth than ability was likely to breed ability out of its ruling class.
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The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravityAre constructed with considerable care.
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Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.
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I have often found that mental patients who are given love, creativity, and community find the peace that they are reaching out for.
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An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
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Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that.
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I grew up in San Diego, California, and I spent a lot of time in the summer basically living in a bathing suit, you know, get in the car and drive straight to the beach and spend the entire day in that thing, so I always approached bathing suits thinking that they are very much like outfits.
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We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world, void of national bias, race, hate, and religious prejudice. There should be no indulgence in undue eulogy of the Negro. The case of the Negro is well taken care of when it is shown how he has far influenced the development of civilization.
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I'd say it ["I Can't Drive 55"] has probably been the most successful song I've ever been involved with, including any Van Halen songs.
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It's just my aesthetic: to want to feel a bit undone, effortless but not without style.
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Be available for life to happen.
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In my head I'm a rapper, but I'm not!
