Jenji Kohan Quotes

In my head I'm a rapper, but I'm not!

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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!'

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Couple
  • Saying
  • Bridges

• 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.

  

  Pallam Raju
  • Training
  • Service

• I have always been very comfortable in little clothing; its part of my job.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Job
  • Always
  • Comfortable

• 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.

  

  Paddy Considine
  • Small
  • Hate
  • Young

• 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.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • People
  • Children
  • Happy

• I've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like 'Hulk' and 'The Punishers.'

  

  Gale Anne Hurd
  • Done
  • Why
  • Always

• 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.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Mom
  • Band
  • Popular

• I like getting 'Times' articles online. But the actual paper just has too many words.

  

  Hannibal Buress
  • Words
  • Like
  • Paper

• I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playing the piano, so I just record it into the software.

  

  Nadia Ali
  • Write
  • Piano
  • Software

• 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.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Good
  • Money

• When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Mother
  • Girl
  • Dance

• I do a lot of writing about my family.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Writing
  • Family
  • Lot

• A society that put more emphasis on birth than ability was likely to breed ability out of its ruling class.

  

  Damon Knight
  • Society

• The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravityAre constructed with considerable care.

  

  A. P. Herbert

• Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.

  

  Bruce Springsteen
  • People
  • Music

• I have often found that mental patients who are given love, creativity, and community find the peace that they are reaching out for.

  

  Patch Adams
  • Community
  • Peace
  • Creativity

• An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

  

  Margaret Atwood

• 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.

  

  Kali Uchis
  • People
  • Different
  • School

• 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.

  

  Emily Ratajkowski
  • Up
  • Time
  • Thinking

• The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as dispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.

  

  John F. Kennedy
  • Men
  • Power
  • Question

• I eat like a tortoise eats, if you've ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing.

  

  R. J. Palacio

• I would really like to create my own show. And I really wanna meet Oprah.

  

  Lauren Lapkus

• There are new challenges every day when starting a business and growing a brand, but I'm fortunate to have an amazing team that is always willing to work hard and navigate through whatever obstacle comes our way.

  

  Lauren Bush
  • Work
  • Business
  • Growing

• In my head I'm a rapper, but I'm not!

  

  Jenji Kohan