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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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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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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I'm not good at multi-tasking.
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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 think the beautiful thing about the past is that it leads you to the present.
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I am delighted to hear the popularity of Odori Maharaja among young people here. Our children were delighted to see Odori Asimo - the dancing robot!
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There is no more ethical group on this planet than ourselves.
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In the great fulfillment we must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.
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Financially, people always assume you're good when you're a rapper.
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I grew up with a truck. My dad had one, so I like trucks.
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It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.
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'Soft Matter' Nobel lecture (9 December 1991)
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Picking through your pocket lining, well what is this?Scrap of sassafras, eh Sisyphus?
