Jens Lekman Quotes
Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
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Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.
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There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.
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I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.
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I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
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It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.
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I get asked that almost every day, but I've been saying the same thing... I'm not going to take any more stupid questions about Donald Trump. It's not what I focus on every day.
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The Euro-bureaucrats are destroying every bit of national identity and individuality.
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No one knows what women want!
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And God help you if you are a phoenix, and you dare to rise up from the ash.A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy, while you're just flying past.
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In the universities, we teach you what we decide you need to know. And the employers find out when they hire people that students didn't learn what we needed them to learn. Online learning offerings, like the University of Phoenix, have relationships with employers and teach what you need to know.
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If I'm going to release anything into the world, I want it to have a positive message. So I think that 'Sit Still, Look Pretty' and 'Hide Away' were two upbeat pieces, and their messages really uplift me the most.
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Here in America, our use of time is not harmonious with humanity's better spirit.
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For a long time, because I'm pretty tall, I was scared to wear heels, but now I wear them all the time. I feel like I'm still discovering my stage style, but I love - well, I'm not a huge color person onstage, but I am in real life. I like short stuff, big heels, fringe, lots of fringe, sometimes sparkle, yeah!
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Mr. Philippe Zdar is a little bit like the uncle of the whole Daft Punk-Phoenix-Air thing in Paris and known for being in the group Cassius. It was interesting working with Philippe.
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I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.
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I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC.
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In the late 1960s, Ontario Airport was a throwback to a bygone era. Located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the airport served only two carriers, Western and Bonanza. Passengers could catch regional flights to San Francisco, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Phoenix and Los Angeles, and that was about it.
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It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.
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In 1983, I set up Caxton Corp. It's been an interesting and happy ride since.
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Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
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My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.
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My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on.
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I just hope that when black people look at me, they don't see someone superhuman. They see themselves.
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Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
