Julia Kent Quotes
When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.
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My life is gardening, cleaning around the house and power washing.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.
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You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times; you know how it is. It's part of being human. Now add fame and money and all that rock and roll craziness to it - we're lucky we don't eat each other in this industry!
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I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first.
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I will not propose to you that my way is best. The decision is up to you. If you find some point which may be suitable to you, then you can carry out experiments for yourself. If you find that it is of no use, then you can discard it.
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When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't.
