Jewel Kilcher (Jewel) Quotes
I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I'm repeating something I'm good at. So I'm always looking for new challenges.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
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It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
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I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.
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I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.
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People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for not reading novels! I'm also a game writer who doesn't play games - I keep everything very separate. The only crossover with me is comics. I write them, and I read them passionately.
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John Goodman is like the Jackie Chan of acting. Any prop that you put in front of him, he's going to take advantage of it in some peculiar way.
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My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I'm glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.
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Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need.
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The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.
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We got food stamps. Glad to get the food stamps. Why wouldn't you want to get free money?
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I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I'm repeating something I'm good at. So I'm always looking for new challenges.
