Jody Watley Quotes
I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes.
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It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
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I never met a stripe I didn't like.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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My photos tend to be confusing. I show a great many vistas.
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First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.
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Why use a modifier to set straight a not-quite-right noun when the right noun is available?
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When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.
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I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes.
