Jordana Brewster Quotes
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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I think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society.
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I don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Greece.
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You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.
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We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.
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I am always the 'good guy', and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.
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No one can look bad when you've been lit for six hours.
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The guest to me was always paramount.
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I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
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In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage keeps circling its subject in widening loops and then darting at it when you least expect it . . . a wild book.
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I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.
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I have said it somewhere - our literary lived lives are as important as our literally lived lives.
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It's always pretty amazing to hear your own voice on the radio.
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Truly, we do live on a 'water planet.' For us, water is that critical issue that we need. It's the most precious substance on the planet, and it links us to pretty much every environmental issue, including climate change, that we're facing.
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When I do my own makeup, I keep things pretty simple.
