Jewel Kilcher (Jewel) Quotes
I think being raised spending so much time outdoors was really important - while you're in it, you might not know, but now I think of the things I was thankful for.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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Being a role model is about being true to myself.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.
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I have been connected with the Niels Bohr Institute since the completion of my university studies, first as a research fellow and, from 1956, as a professor of physics at the University of Copenhagen. After the death of my father in 1962, I followed him as director of the Institute until 1970.
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So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
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I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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Japan had the big earthquake in 2011, and the Olympics will be a good opportunity to bring strength to the people of the Tohoku region - and also to show everyone around the world that Japan is doing fine again. These are messages we have to convey through the power of sport.
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I was trained to be very tough. My mom told me I shouldn't cry; I shouldn't be afraid of anything.
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I do think that we are an overmedicated society.
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My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station.
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I think being raised spending so much time outdoors was really important - while you're in it, you might not know, but now I think of the things I was thankful for.
