Jenny Lewis Quotes
I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it; it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.
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By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job.
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Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here... If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the structure and the backbone that I have, I wouldn't be able to mess up and keep coming back and sit in front of you as a world champion.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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I don't know what would have happened to Wal-Mart if we had laid low and never stirred up the competition. My guess is that we would have remained a strictly regional operator.
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Instead of asking God to remove our problems so that our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to learn as much as we can - and thereby become happier due to our insights and growth.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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Thankfully, we live in country, unlike Russia, where we have First Amendment rights.
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If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.
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'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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Sometimes I get emotional. I let my emotions get the best of me.
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I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it; it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.
