Joss Stone (Joscelyn Eve Stoker) Quotes
When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing.
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I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over.' Then I did some research and spoke with doctors and got in contact with people who have MS, and I soon realized it's actually a lot more manageable than the kind of public perception of it is, and that's part of the reason why I've been so outspoken about it.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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My credentials, briefly: I no longer go to church or believe in God, but I can still name every one of the fruits of the Spirit and reeled for days upon hearing the announcement that Audio Adrenaline was reunited with one of the singers from DC Talk.
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I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.
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I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.
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'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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This book here, 'The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,' in it, I put together a case against George Bush that could result - it absolutely could result in his being prosecuted for first-degree murder in an American courtroom.
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I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
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The first film role I deliberately chose to play after I came out was a raging heterosexual, John Profumo.
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An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.
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It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel.
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If you think you're hearing something and you can't think what it is. If you feel a quiet longing lift your heart into the wind. There you'll find my kindred spirit. There you'll meet me as a friend. It is just a kindred spirit and a song to let you in.
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I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.
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For me, I've worked hard for people to think I'm funny.
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The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.
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As a young woman working in journalism, I assumed harassment and discrimination came with the territory and that you just had to get on with the job. As I rose to senior positions, it took me awhile to realise that just because I'd survived relatively unscathed didn't mean the younger women joining the profession would do so, and it isn't until you hit a certain age that the reality of ageism - which is much more acute for women - kicks in.
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That's all my grandfather was guilty of, fear, faith in his words, but that was a high crime in her eyes. That's all Jack was guilty of that day, but I've lived with him a good while and I believe I understand him. Sometimes it might take an afternoon or evening of being here in this kitchen alone, thinking, but I can usually come to see his reasons through his ways. And half the job of finding peace is finding understanding. Don't you believe it to be so?
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When you get your first record deal, you will do anything, because you just want to sing.
