Carrie Jones Quotes
There is no easy off button for your brain. It would be really really nice if there were.
Quotes to Explore
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I was just so excited to have a child! I held him up like he was Simba in 'The Lion King.' I wanted to sing 'The Circle of Life.'
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.
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I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
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I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
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Oh, yeah, I've seen 'Seinfeld' 1,000 times.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.
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Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.
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Picasso is what is going to happen and what is happening; he is posterity and archaic time, the distant ancestor and our next-door neighbor. Speed permits him to be two places at once, to belong to all the centuries without letting go of the here and now.
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I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.
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To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognize the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced.
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.
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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
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I'll take any life in which I can make choices and have agency, and America is not a bad place for all that.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.
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I'm sure my priorities will change. My mother was such a great mother and is still such a big part of my life. I want my kids to feel that way about me. I want to be in their lives. I don't want to be away a lot, so I'm sure I'll slow down. But there are so many amazing people who do both.
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When I make my entrance to the ring or give someone a high-five, I want them to feel happy and always remember that moment.
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There is no easy off button for your brain. It would be really really nice if there were.
