Joan Armatrading Quotes
When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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Everyone says romance goes flying out the window when you've been together for an X amount of time. I think it's all up to you.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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My education was very tough.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up in a very religious background, and there was a lot of discussion of what they should do with this unborn child. But here I am, and thank goodness.
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Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness which can see naught above or beyond itself.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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The Obama administration demonstrated time and again a disturbing willingness to bypass the separation of powers and disregard Congress as a Constitutional watchdog.
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When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.
