Joey Lauren Adams Quotes

I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk.

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• It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

  

  Tacitus
  • Nature
  • Man
  • Hate

• It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.

  

  F. H. Bradley
  • May
  • Help
  • Nature

• I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Time
  • Great
  • Long

• I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Kind
  • Morality
  • Mortality

• Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.

  

  Hamish Bowles
  • People
  • Party
  • Fashion

• It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.

  

  Madison Marlow
  • Up
  • Country
  • Song

• We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • People
  • Money
  • Political

• You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Work
  • Best
  • Feelings

• Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.

  

  Palmer Luckey
  • Good
  • Reality
  • Question

• I continued to suffer from anxiety and obsessive thoughts, although the thoughts stopped centering on hell. I moved into an ashram called the Himalayan Institute after college and studied meditation, which made an enormous difference.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • College
  • Thoughts
  • Anxiety

• I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great because I am around people all the time and I need my own space to get away from it all.

  

  Samantha Mumba
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Kids
  • Like
  • Laughed

• I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.

  

  Halsey
  • Work
  • Music
  • Punk

• Being beautiful isn't everything... Sometimes it's interesting to show how you feel on the inside on the outside, just through expressing yourself.

  

  FKA twigs
  • Beautiful
  • Interesting
  • Yourself

• I met a woman who went through a very difficult personal crisis, and she was really bed-ridden for a long time, and 'Friends' got her through. I met a woman who had a brain injury while living in Europe, and 'Friends' got her through.

  

  Maggie Wheeler
  • Time
  • Friends
  • Brain

• I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • People
  • Think
  • Me

• More and more, I think about the role of the arts, and as an artist, I think that it's important that I share the love and peace.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Important
  • Love
  • Peace

• I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.

  

  Rachael Taylor
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.

  

  James Brown
  • Time
  • Live
  • Hardest

• Corporate America was hurling offers at her. Thinking even bigger, wanting even more, she had dreams of starting a Martha Stewart magazine and starring in her own regularly scheduled Martha Stewart television show. Martha saw herself as Betty Crocker, Julia Child, Miss Manners, Emily Post, and Rupert Murdoch all rolled into one juicy pie.

  

  Jerry Oppenheimer
  • Thinking
  • She
  • America

• I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.

  

  Rain
  • Music
  • She
  • American

• I think beauty is not just about what we put on our heads or on our faces or what we wear: it's deeper than that, and if we can celebrate that, celebrate the women, not just the superficiality... I think it would be really gorgeous.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Women

• It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

  

  Billy Gibbons ZZ Top
  • Important

• I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk.

  

  Joey Lauren Adams
  • She