Rickie Lee Jones Quotes
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The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
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If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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Judiciary is where my passion is.
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Having children is what a woman is born for, really.
Nastassja Kinski -
Head coaching options are limited.
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I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more.
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'Globalization' has become the great tag phrase, but when we talk about it, it's nearly always in terms of the global marketplace or communications technology - either data or goods that are whizzing around. We forget that people are whizzing around more and more. On them, it takes a toll.
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I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it.
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Many actors come and disappear into oblivion. But not Salman Khan.
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We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are responsible for its glories and for its failures and, most important, we are responsible for amending those failures no matter who are their most immediate architects.
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Nepal is a beautiful country with a lot of holy places. I also like the country because it's close to the Himalayas. According to Hindu mythology, that's the abode of Lord Shiva.
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I didn't have any great job prospects.
