Jessica Simpson Quotes
I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've been doing it since I was 13.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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There are different reasons to make movies.
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Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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The difficulty for the Government is there's this ideological straitjacket of the market will provide, let the market rip and everything will work out... It's back to trickle-down economics, which, it's plain to see, have not delivered.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day.
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I wear clothes and sell products and ideas.
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If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
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When you watch your mum and dad sing and they're happy and it brings them joy, it is then a natural choice to go where the joy is. Music was always that place in our family.
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We've pitched and even begun development on a number of fantasy worlds that have never seen the light of day. All of those worlds... It's soul-crushing to see them sputter out, one by one. Lost. Like tears. In rain.
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Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact with people long enough to know what real life is. That's why a lot of artists write songs about longing and missing people when they're on the road. I do my best to keep my mind open and I read a lot when I'm on tour, so I hope I have good things to write about. I'm constantly in the songwriting process.
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I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've been doing it since I was 13.
