Jillian Michaels Quotes
People tend to think that metabolism is genetically predetermined. That you're either cursed or you're blessed. And that's not true.
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I'll always find the things that make a role complicated!
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.
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After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument.
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The island is in Kenya, the water is in Uganda... But the Luos, a Kenyan ethnic group are mad, they want to fish here but this is Uganda.
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I never listen to debates. They are dreadful things indeed. The plain truth is that I am not a fair man, and don't want to hear both sides. On all known subjects, ranging from aviation to xylophone-playing, I have fixed and invariable ideas. They have not changed since I was four or five.
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A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy's club. I'll go up in my heels. I like that people don't think I'll be funny. I'll take that on. I don't do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don't go up there and do jokes.
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I've been very blessed to have worked with two incredible directors - Barry Jenkins on 'Moonlight' and Ted Melfi on 'Hidden Figures' - and it was a collaborative effort in shaping my characters, Teresa and Mary.
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People tend to think that metabolism is genetically predetermined. That you're either cursed or you're blessed. And that's not true.
