Jennifer Jason Leigh Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
-
Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
-
If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
-
If you do nothing long enough, something's bound to happen.
-
Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.
-
People eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone!
-
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.
-
I haven't been in a store to buy anything for five years.
-
Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
-
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.'
-
The Republicans were not always insane. They might've had politics I didn't agree with, but they weren't always actually certifiable.
-
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.
-
Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
-
One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.
-
Most of what I've proposed in Congress grew out of issues raised with me back here in Connecticut.
-
I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.
-
It's funny because I'm so used to acting in English that any time I have these moments where I have to speak Russian, it definitely takes a different part of my brain to pull it off, but it's always nice and fun.
-
Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering.
-
When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.
