Jenny Lewis Quotes
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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A novel is not a rant.
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When a pointed question is beaten back with an attack or threat of, 'How dare you...' it's a reliable signal that deception is involved. Trump is a master at this.
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In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short.
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We all have different things that make us strong and weak, but if we communicate and we really open ourselves and open our hearts, you're going to be amazed by the things that you can learn.
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The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
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I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.
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A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.
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But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.
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Growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I felt with The Beatles legacy that there was pressure on me to do music, and while I always loved music and it was always around me at home, I thought about doing other things.
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I write music, really, to make myself feel better.
