Jewel Kilcher (Jewel) Quotes
My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.'
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready.
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I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.
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I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
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My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
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My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.
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I don't know how to play evil.
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Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
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I've always been drawn to the real stuff and the stuff that feels authentic. And so when I'm writing songs, that's what I try to do.
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The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
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He wants to be the best and he wants to prove that he deserves to be where I am, so why not call me out? But I’ll fuck him up if we fight though.
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Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'
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Ninety-five percent of my work is being mayor. But that 5% that nags at all of us - of what's going wrong in this country - I think is best thought out not in your own head but by getting out there, being out there, and listening to Americans.
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My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.
