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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Normally we will say we are happy or we are unhappy. I have met some people who told Me, "Oh we went to that Guru we were very happy." I said, "You could be happy in the pub also. What is happiness?" Happiness is not the way to judge any one, neither unhappiness. Unhappiness comes to you through this super ego and happiness through this ego. But joy has no double face, joy is joy. In joy, you witness, you witness the whole thing. And when you are joyous you feel the whole thing, the joy itself coming on you like grace falling on to you. It's so beautiful that you just get lost into it.
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I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.
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It's so sad to see how few people in the Obama administration have any private sector experience.
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Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over everything. I play with the mice in my head, all the time.
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I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate from a really disingenuous premise, that people are heroes. I know a lot of people and have had an opportunity over the years to observe them. Are they heroes...? Let's put it this way. Advertising tries something simpler and more believable: Products as heroes. I guess the idea is: When all else fails, put your faith in conditioner.
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Picking through your pocket lining, well what is this?Scrap of sassafras, eh Sisyphus?
