Jenny Lewis Quotes
I've had enough of breakdowns and diagrams-Judging from picture books, apparently Heaven is a partly cloudy place.
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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Although I now spend most of my time writing novels for teenagers and adults, 'readaloudability' is still a criterion I try to adhere to.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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I was going to finish my university degree after finishing 'The Tailors,' but 'Pinocchio' made me to take another semester off.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
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Once boys' and men's challenges are clear, the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.
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Controversies are part and parcel of making a big film.
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It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter's. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were.
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When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace and the extended family dissolved, someone else had to pick up the slack on the child-care front. Extracurricular activities fit the bill perfectly, promising not only supervision but also enrichment.
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That's my mentality. Just because somebody has fouled me, there is no reason for me to be nasty to him. I try to respect football as much as possible, and when someone is injured, you put the ball out.
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I've had times where I've joked, like, 'I'm going to move to Vermont and become a painter.' And sometimes that joke felt like, 'Oh that's a good idea.' But it was only, like, a daydream for a moment to, like, escape.
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Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.
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I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.
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The drug lord is on the run. His name is El Chapo. Donald Trump is in a Twitter feud with this Mexican drug lord. It's historic - the first time Americans have ever sided with a Mexican drug lord.
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Book critics certainly are judges who wield a tremendous amount of power in terms of whether or not a book will reach a wider audience. That's one of the reasons why I try to give coverage to books written by Latinx writers; too many worthwhile works of literature do not get the kind of coverage they deserve, and I've certainly seen that with respect to books written by writers of color. But there are some wonderful, diverse writers out there who mentor and otherwise support those voices that often have been ignored by much of the mainstream press.
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I've had enough of breakdowns and diagrams-Judging from picture books, apparently Heaven is a partly cloudy place.
