Madeleine Peyroux Quotes
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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When you commit to something and have fun with it, it appreciates you, the gift, and it starts to help you out.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans who own Kid A should be able to get their heads around it.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I'm like a point guard. Barack is about ideas and questions, and I don't have all the answers. He trusts me to pass the ball to others to give him points of view.
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I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable.
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The first record blew up and sold really well. 'City of Black & White' didn't sell as well, and that's when you wonder, 'Did I peak already?'
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I didn't really grow up with any traditions. I grew up in a pretty liberal household in Southern California. I think that's part of my interest in thinking about heritage. I don't have a second language or cultural heritage in that way.
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I love playing to people and seeing them react.
