Joan Armatrading Quotes
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I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing.
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Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.
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I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
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Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.
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If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
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I'm very representational some of the time, and a little all of the time. But when you're painting out of your unconscious, figures are bound to emerge.
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I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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I think it's easy for people to say, 'Because you do this, you must be this kind of person, vain or uptight or mean to people.' People have a sense of who you may be because of the job you do. That's unfair judgment.
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I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.
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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
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Outside of a couple of times I ran without eating right or being too tired, I always feel great after I run.
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One of the greatest gifts we have is our own mistakes and somebody singing about them.
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Despereaux did not know it, but he would need, very soon, to be brave himself.
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Cada um tem a sua vaidade, e a vaidade de cada um é o seu esquecimento de que há outros com alma igual.
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Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.
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I thought: 'Gosh, it really has been worth the wait.' And I think had I gone with Evita, I probably wouldn't have been ready to deal with it. It was just the most perfect time to go with that particular show.
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I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!
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There are no events but thoughts and the heart's hard turning, the heart's slow learning where to love and whom. The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times.
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I wanted to find a way of life that allowed me great freedom, not to be stuck. I went to a very traditional school, which prepared people for the army or for banking or for industry, and I wanted to be outside of that.
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Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.
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I've been working so hard for the past eight years and I'm tired - but I'm also deliciously tired because what a wonderful life I've lived.
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The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
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All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand.
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Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that.
