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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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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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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When I was younger, I had some close friends who always loved European football, and Real Madrid at that time were the dominant force. I remember family holidays when we used to go to Spain, and we'd bring back replica shirts of Real Madrid and pretend to be the players when we played in the park.
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It's interesting as one grows older to keep in touch with the cutting edge.
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Idealizing Daddy is grand when you're five; it's crippling when you're twenty-five or thirty-five. For if you still believe in Daddy's miracles, you may not believe that you can make your own dreams come true. Worse, you may not even be able to formulate them without his guidance.
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Islam is not a religion. It's a political system. It has a different set of rules.
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I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.
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To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.
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When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.
