Valerie Martin Quotes
As everyone knows, in my profession we go around screwing each other as much as possible, mostly to see ourselves do it. Narcissists are always making love to number one.
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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There's a spirit of Latina women in all of my work, in the love of the body and the strong sense of self.
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.
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It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven.
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Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.
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Art is a protest against death.
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As everyone knows, in my profession we go around screwing each other as much as possible, mostly to see ourselves do it. Narcissists are always making love to number one.
