Amber Denise Streeter (Sevyn Streeter) Quotes
Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get through the day just by hearing a song, it's well worth it.
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At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
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I think pregnancy, like life, is what you make it. I received a good hand. I'm thankful and blessed and so peaceful and can't wait to welcome my son.
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I was a Girl Scout!
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I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
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I have always liked a challenge.
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I don't think many people anticipated how the Internet was going to revolutionize the way we disseminate information.
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Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
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A book I would take with me to a desert island is 'Paradise Lost,' which I studied in college and hated so much by the end of the class that I never wanted to see it again.
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It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.
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Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.
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Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. … Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
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For me, when I read a book, I'm very much about detail.
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I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.
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Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books.
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Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get through the day just by hearing a song, it's well worth it.
