Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Mitchell) Quotes
All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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With the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century it seemed that the stage was set for the last act in an unquestioned evolutionary drama.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.
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I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.
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The way the media tends to cover fashion is as this superfluous, vacuous industry. They focus on models and shows, but behind all that is a massive global industry.
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I saw men go up and down, In the country and the town, With this tablet on their neck,- 'Judgement and a judge we seek.' Not to monarchs they repair, Nor to learned jurist's chair; But they hurry to their peers, To their kinsfolk and their dears; Louder than with speech they pray,- 'What am I? companion, say.'
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With comedy, I think it's so important, especially in TV, to know and trust what the writers are writing and just have it down.
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What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.
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I don't think I auditioned for 'Ghostbusters II'.
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If you feel like you don't have a choice to write it, write it. If you feel like you do have a choice, then move on, because there are so many books in the world.
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Obviously, a skirt does present certain problems that I had to be aware of. But when it came to the shoot and we were rolling, I didn't really pay it any attention. It wasn't too bad.
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Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
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Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
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We opposed unlimited detention without trial. We stood up for trial by jury as well. And of course we spoke up for asylum seekers and for the most vulnerable in our society.
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And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country.
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I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen.
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I got married way too young.
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I'm learning slowly to not be as much of a control freak. I can't afford to be all the time, but I'm getting better at communicating. Delegating parts of my vision for other people to execute has made it an easier process for knowing what I want, and what people can handle, and what I should probably save for myself.
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All companies can benefit from fostering a more flexible environment (creating a place where the most talented, industrious, and entrepreneurial people want to work) and relinquishing hierarchical control to favor a results-oriented meritocracy.
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There was a dodgy digital period when things didn't sound that great, but now we are figuring that out. The basics haven't changed, which is talented human beings playing together in a room.
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All my battles were with male egos. I’m just looking for equality, not to dominate. But I want to be able to control my vision.
