Idina Menzel Quotes
People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
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What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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I like things simple.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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The produce of the earth - all that is derived from its surface by the united application of labour, machinery, and capital, is divided among three classes of the community, namely, the proprietor of the land, the owner of the stock or capital necessary for its cultivation, and the labourers by whose industry it is cultivated.
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I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.
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I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!
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I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.
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Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
