Jenji Kohan Quotes
For a lot of people, film is still the dream - the captive audience in the darkened theater - but I love TV. I think it's fantastic.
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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I always try to give my songs as gifts.
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The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.
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'Castle' isn't really affected emotionally by murder. He's thrilled about, 'Oh, my God, I wonder how this happened?'
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I try to keep it the same, try to stay humble.
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You acquire certain tastes. And if your taste happens to coincide with the majority of people, then you're in pretty good shape. But you're not always right. There were times when I stubbed my toe, and some will end up being on my tombstone - like 'Supertrain.'
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I love taking on other people's words. They are much more interesting to me than my own.
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It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.
Garry Kasparov -
The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.
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For a lot of people, film is still the dream - the captive audience in the darkened theater - but I love TV. I think it's fantastic.
