Jenny Slate Quotes
'Obvious Child,' the short, had a nice life online and a great festival run, but the short and the feature still stand apart from everything else I've done. I play a woman who you might meet in life. My other work is much more heightened.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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A lot of cats are not that social.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I am a just man.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
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I think I definitely would have ended up in some kind of show business. I was very interested in music when I was younger. This was back when Crosby, Stills and Nash were around.
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Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.
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Umm... I don't judge my relationship with Puff or Bad Boy according to other people or past artists. At the end of the day, you are in charge of your career, and you can't depend on no man to do anything for you. I've learned to judge relationships with a person on myself and that person, not what they have done with previous people.
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I have always admired Meghna Gulzar's work, and getting to work with her and the Dharma Productions is like a dream come true.
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I've been doing this stuff for so long it's the one aspect of my life that I've paid attention to and really sort of not paid attention to the rest of it.
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'Obvious Child,' the short, had a nice life online and a great festival run, but the short and the feature still stand apart from everything else I've done. I play a woman who you might meet in life. My other work is much more heightened.
