Jenny Lewis Quotes
I've always tried to get around writing love songs, I guess because I've always had a hard time saying, 'I love you.'
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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I feel great physically. I feel really good.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
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I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
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As a chef, if I can taste something, I can basically figure out what's in it.
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The only books I give up on are texts where the writer's attention is concentrated so heavily on narrative questions that his or her use of language becomes careless.
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'In the Wake' was a very bleak book. This relationship was not too good, the father and son. This time around, I wanted a father and a son who really loved each other, which would be visible on the first page and would still be there on the last page.
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That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is an absolute loyalty, since one cannot weight it in terms of what one receives.
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The problems that other writers encounter are so fascinating to me as a writer and as a thinker about writing. I have found that many times, my students are experiencing problems that I myself have experienced in my work, but the solution is different because they're different people.
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I've always tried to get around writing love songs, I guess because I've always had a hard time saying, 'I love you.'
