J. Tillman Quotes
With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.
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What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism.
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My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
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I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.
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I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.
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Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which I wish to put down. It should be a delightful adventure.
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I have this eerie feeling that by the time I'm 33, reality will not exist in the same plane as it did before. It's cool but also a little creepy.
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I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that time, it seemed the thing I really wanted to do, production design, just wasn't available in the U.K., so I turned to music.
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With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.
