Jewel Kilcher (Jewel) Quotes
Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.
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If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.
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The future doesn't matter if I don't enjoy what's going on right now.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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Our boundaries have dissolved, and we're going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we're also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we've done before.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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No man fails who does his best.
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A perfectionist? That's part of my job.
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I didn't realize what I was even doing when I started to record music. I was just doing it for fun. I picked up whatever recording gear I could get my hands on and I'd sit there day-in and day-out... experimenting with different sounds and trying to write songs.
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I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.
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I'm a rationalist and a skeptic, someone who safely separates faith from reason.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.
