Jordana Brewster Quotes
The ocean is 20 minutes away. Nature surrounds me 24/7. I wake up to the sounds of birds chirping. I also love that I can go out to dinner in jeans and flip-flops.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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God does arithmetic.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
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I eat next to nothing.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.
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American values, or Americanism, refers to what I call the 'American Trinity': 'Liberty,' 'In God We Trust,' and 'E Pluribus Unum' ('Out of Many, One'), the three values that appear on all American coins.
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The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.
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I think I would find being in Hollywood intense if I had more of a social life, but all I do is stay indoors with my sister and play with our puppy, watch movies.
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The ocean is 20 minutes away. Nature surrounds me 24/7. I wake up to the sounds of birds chirping. I also love that I can go out to dinner in jeans and flip-flops.
