Jewel Kilcher (Jewel) Quotes
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
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I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we could fool around, and drama was it because we'd do improvs, beating each other up. They left a year later, and I stayed in and got a knack for it, and enjoyed the whole process.
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I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story.
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Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.
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Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills.
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When we see others victimized we must speak out. We have to seek justice for everybody.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.
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We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.
