Joanna Newsom Quotes
Picking through your pocket lining, well what is this?Scrap of sassafras, eh Sisyphus?
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't matter to me. The way to show your patriotism and commitment is to go and support or play for your team.
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The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I'm doing it because I want to do it. I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.
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Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.
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Cancelled isn't a bad word because it happens everyday.
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With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
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I have this group of friends that I'll send my scripts to before I send them to a large audience.
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During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
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I'm not good at multi-tasking.
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Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.
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I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
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When I auditioned for Tim Robbins for 'Cradle Will Rock,' the young girl who read with me was very young, and I said to Tim, 'I'm sorry, but I don't have enough imagination to pretend this girl is my husband!' And he said, 'Well, I'll read it with you.' Which was very nice; he was the director. And I ended up getting the part.
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I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change.
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Miami's not anybody's poor cousin. It's an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.
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There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.
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I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.
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Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
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If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.
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I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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Picking through your pocket lining, well what is this?Scrap of sassafras, eh Sisyphus?
