Jens Lekman Quotes
I need to write a sitcom, but something with warmth, not one where the dad comes home and he's treated like an idiot.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Maybe because I'm a child of the '80s, but for me, a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original, then you don't understand the second one. Like 'Back to the Future 2.' If you haven't seen the first one, you're not going to get anything out of 'Back to the Future 2.'
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Central bankers have had enormous responsibilities thrust on them to compensate, essentially, for the failings of the political system. And my worry is we don't have sufficient tools to do that, but we're not willing to say it.
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I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It's the same with me and writing.
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I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it's definitely worth the sacrifice.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.
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Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home.
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
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I need to write a sitcom, but something with warmth, not one where the dad comes home and he's treated like an idiot.
