Jonathan King Quotes
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I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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I've learned never say never.
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The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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I think a woman looks best in a sari.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.
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People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
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To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.
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You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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The more you believe that you deserve healthy love, the more you will conquer and attract.
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Illness transforms the things you most fear into the things you crave and would hold onto if you could.
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Everybody nowadays rhymes, but out of the people that really, really do it well, it's still a small community of artists. We all tend to be in the same circles - people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
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I distinctly remember a conversation with my band in the van where I was having a complete meltdown. It was 1984, I think, and I was huddled in the back corner of our van and saying, "I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't do this." I didn't want to play any more shows. I just wanted to stop.
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It's a lot of fun being dressed by designers and surrounded by publicists.
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I was raised by a strong single mother.
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We worked as a team... I was one of the band.
