Jennifer Beals Quotes
On boxing For The Chicago Code, I did some boxing. It makes you stand differently when you know you can punch someone out.
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I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax.
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My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.
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You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.
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I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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You need to be lucky in life, but it's also what you do with your luck.
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Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.
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Don't look over your shoulder and don't use or abuse others to get ahead. Keep your eyes focused on your goals and keep working for what you believe in and what you want to accomplish.
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As a city, Chicago really affords me an environment that I am really happy creating in. It's an easy place to live in a lot of ways; it's a great community to be making music in.
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I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.
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On boxing For The Chicago Code, I did some boxing. It makes you stand differently when you know you can punch someone out.
