Jessica Springsteen Quotes
My parents taught me that having a passion is a rare thing, so following it through and working hard, even when it's tough, is important.
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The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.
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I'm not the girl for superhigh fashion because I don't have the right body.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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Because my parents are Indian, everybody speaks Hindi to me, and I have no idea what they are saying.
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My parents were very artistic, but busy.
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Though I made my share of mistakes, as all parents do, I was devoted to my kids. I walked them to school every morning and walked back to pick them up at 3.
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It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.
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My parents landed in Calgary in December 1974, straight from Nairobi. They were immigrants, like many people coming to build a better life. My mom was five months pregnant with me when they landed.
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I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make it entertaining, or no one is going to go see it - but to really make you think, that is my goal.
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What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.
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Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.
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My mother was very strong on me to go to college. No one had ever been to college, including my parents.
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The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
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I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.
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If you're not sure why you're doing something, you can never do enough of it. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die before he did.
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In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.
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Totie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.
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I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.
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My parents taught me that having a passion is a rare thing, so following it through and working hard, even when it's tough, is important.
