Joey Lauren Adams Quotes
My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.
Joey Lauren Adams
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A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.
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I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
Washed Out
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Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process.
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It is a challenge trying not to give in to pleasing other people.
Kym Whitley
I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience.
Christopher Egan
My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.
Joey Lauren Adams
