Joan Didion Quotes
One of the things that happens to people in grief is they secretly think they're crazy, because they realize they are thinking things that don't make sense.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing I do best. But as much as I love acting, I love cinema more. I always had a thing about creating images.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
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All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step up their 'critical thinking.'
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If there are people out by the bus, I'll come off the bus and sign autographs, too. I always want to be accessible. I always tell my fans, 'If I ever get on the bus and don't come off, it's because I'm under the weather or I'm really tired.'
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I was with someone at 19, and I was married at 23, and I didn't want kids when I was in my 20s.
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The 1st secret to success is to simply master your ability to get started, to take the first step. If you want to get physically fit, simply pack a gym bag everyday and get in the car. Once you do, where else are you going to go?
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One of the things that happens to people in grief is they secretly think they're crazy, because they realize they are thinking things that don't make sense.
