Jenny Lewis Quotes
When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel.
Quotes to Explore
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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I am proud of what I've done.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect all members of the human family.
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I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds.
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I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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When I was ten years old, I had great pride in myself, which sometimes even took the form of boasting and self-praise; although I myself did not want to, I used to assume the air of someone undertaking some great work and mighty act of heroism.
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My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things.
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Nothing in your past is in your present making you do anything you don't choose to do. You are not your past history! You are not your past failures! You are not how others have at one time treated you! You are only who you are and what you do now in this moment.
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It took a lot of time to find my stride, and it was really humbling.
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Pessimism about America's future tends to underestimate its capacity for self-renewal.
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If you only get money, but you don't care about a thing, right or wrong, you cannot last. That cannot sustain you for the future.
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Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.
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Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.
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The truth is that intelligence, knowledge, and domain expertise are vastly overrated as the driving forces behind competitive advantage and sustainable success.
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I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.
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Moving to the U.S. was an adjustment. I noticed that the kids played in groups. Back in Kakuma, everyone played together.
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I'm not afraid of problem-solving. There is always a way.
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The medical profession is a conspiracy to hide its own shortcomings. No doubt the same may be said of all professions. They are all conspiracies against the laity... Until there is a practicable alternative to blind trust in the doctor, the truth about the doctor is so terrible that we dare not face it.
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My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.
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The Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.
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It wasn't such a pleasant experience. We went through 14 hours with contractions every two minutes, no epidural, no nothing. Every two minutes, I would pass out. I went to the hospital on Saturday, and Levi was born on Monday.
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When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel.
