Jessica Stockholder Quotes
Focused attention necessarily has an edge, but as focus changes, the edge shifts.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.
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As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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You need to let your hair produce its own oils and be healthy.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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I think she has more gospel style than I do. I think I'm more, umm, you know mainstream I guess. I don't know if we split the vote. That could be possible but I don't think we are the same at all.
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Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life.
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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see it my way, change your mind.' It's an aggressive, even a hostile act.
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When people disagree with you, what you ultimately have to do is persuade people to agree with you - period.
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I firmly believe that if you follow these simple rules then you'll have a wonderfully romantic life. They're all so important when it comes to building a strong relationship, especially the very last one.
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The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.
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No one can be responsible for where or how we each begin. No one has the freedom to do anything or everything, and all choices bring consequences. What we choose to do next, though, how to spend our resources or attention or effort, this is what defines us.
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Focused attention necessarily has an edge, but as focus changes, the edge shifts.
