Jenny Slate Quotes
I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex.
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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Whenever someone says to me, 'Are you for or against Common Core,' the first question I ask is, 'What do you think Common Core is?' You will get a different answer from every single person. You will literally get a different answer.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
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Life is just so much fun and so filled with humor.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class.
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Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with my husband and kids.
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You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.
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I think it's so important to feed your brain you know. Sometimes you've just got to read.
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The media's job is to question a premise.
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I wanted to make sure that 'Up' wasn't a 3D movie about a man who sails his house to South America. It's a movie about an old man who sails his house to South America that also happens to be in 3D. So the first thing is always the story.
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I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a move from 64 K to 640 K felt like something that would last a great deal of time. Well, it didn't - it took about only 6 years before people started to see that as a real problem.
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T.V. acting is a great skill to have, and it's nice to have that stability.
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Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.
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I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex.
