Jenny Lewis Quotes
I think it's always an adjustment for me, but I do feel like, ultimately, I can kind of write anywhere. It just takes a second to get back in to the groove.
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I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
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Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
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It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
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It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
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I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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If you're not a beautiful person, you can't do anything about it.
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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
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It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.
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I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting – if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.
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This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
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The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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The great thing about fiction is you can fix things and make things better.
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It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you.
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I'd most prefer to be a free agent and fight up to six times a year, but that is unlikely.
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Relationships do not happen in abstraction. They need a place; they need a centre, even a home.
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If you don't care for the villain, if you don't love him and hate him at the same time, then he's just boring.
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I think it's always an adjustment for me, but I do feel like, ultimately, I can kind of write anywhere. It just takes a second to get back in to the groove.
