Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes
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I am who I am.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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If you do nothing long enough, something's bound to happen.
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Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.
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People eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone!
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I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.
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Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.
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I haven't been in a store to buy anything for five years.
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Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
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They were so exhausted and seasick and all they could do was crawl up those beaches. And thousands of them lay dead in no time at all. It's unthinkable.
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I'm Marie Lightfoot, or at least that's the name my publisher puts on the covers of the books I write about true crime. In classic 'true crime' fashion, my latest one is titled 'Anything to Be Together.'
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The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.
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The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.
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Unlike public universities and private, not-for-profit colleges, for-profit schools are owned by revenue-seeking businesses often more intent on boosting their bottom line than educating their students. They use hard-sell tactics to recruit prospective students, and veterans have become particular targets.
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The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.
