Jennifer Warnes Quotes
I think if you come straight on honest as much as you can, eventually that turns into success. Maybe not as quick as you'd like.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course.
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I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.
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As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
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If you're an actor, a real actor, you've got to be on the stage. But you mustn't go on the stage unless it's absolutely the only thing you can do.
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I don't believe I've ever played a hip dude. I don't think I would have the wherewithal to do that.
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When I auditioned for drama college, they asked me to do my Shakespeare. I couldn't do it. They asked me to do my modern, and I couldn't do it. They asked me if I had a song prepared, and I said 'No,' so I sang 'Happy Birthday.' And I did a reasonable improvisation, a reasonable one, nothing special at all. I don't know how I got in, but I did.
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We're never going to please everyone, but all the great Jewish comics have succeeded through irreverence and self deprecation.
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If you play a match, then you got to give it all to beat the opponent; there is nothing like playing against a great or a non-great player. I treat them all as opponents and aim to beat them.
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I think if you come straight on honest as much as you can, eventually that turns into success. Maybe not as quick as you'd like.
