Idina Menzel Quotes
I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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I definitely enjoy the kind of magic that happens being on stage with a group when everything's working. The vibe when that's happening gets even better if the audience is involved and you can feel that interaction. That's something you don't get with your headphones on in a studio; it's much different.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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I have a great office.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often predictable legal thrillers quite so comforting. The best answer I could come up with was the frequency with which Grisham tells us that his lead characters are sipping coffee. When it comes to food and drink, predictability can console.
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I get into lab early and leave a bit early, too. So I like to have an hour or two before everybody comes in.
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Benches and books have things in common beyond the fact that they're generally to do with sitting. Both are forms of public privacy, intimate spaces widely shared.
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I think that what we do out on the field is oftentimes a little bit better than what men do. I don't think that we flop around as much. I think we're tough. I mean, I've got battle wounds on my legs from the turf and sliding. And we're gritty. And we're feisty. And I think that I would never back down from a guy.
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I seem to only write New York stories because it's the only thing that inspires or interests me.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
