Regina Spektor Quotes
I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things.
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I've actually changed my view of Los Angeles. When I was younger, I hated it, because I thought it was fake and superficial. As I've gotten older, I've found that to be absolutely true, but I don't care.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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I feel nothing can push you till the time you want to get pushed.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
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I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.
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I decide intuitively what I want to do. When directors like Imtiaz Ali, Ayan Mukerji, Anurag Basu and Anurag Kashyap, who have stories to tell, come to me, why would I not be a part of it?
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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In my opinion, whenever you get two guys who want to fight each and two guys who want to be in a good fight, you let them fight.
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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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In reference to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction on active service, care shall be taken to insure the highest condition of efficiency; and in furtherance of that object, the Military and Naval Schools, sustained by the liberality of Congress, shall receive the special attention of the Executive.
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Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.
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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
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When you have a little one, you realize that your only mission in life is to protect this helpless, very sensitive creature. That is your charge. That's primal. I relate to that deeply.
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But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.
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I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things.
