Dinah Jane Quotes
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
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I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
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I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.
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I need to work to feel well.
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The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.
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You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential.
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Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.
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I think that what's been holding composers back a great deal is that they feel they must have a new style every year. This, in my case, would be hopeless. In fact, it is said that I have no style at all, but that doesn't matter. I just go on doing, as they say, my thing. I believe this takes a certain courage.
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If the City Council wants to hold the police accountable, it has the subpoena power and oversight responsibility to do so. They don't have the courage to do it.
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I don't really feel like I need to be a teenager ever again.
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I'm not saying I am never going to fall in love again, but there is no need to marry.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to make sure we do our best by them.
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
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If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.
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We need to make investment to get the economy going again, to give the private sector the confidence.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself.
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As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.
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I was never much of a reader. I'm a slow reader, which is unusual, because I'm so into language and I love words so much. But it's hard for me to read.
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We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us.
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I always thought that I played better when I was the captain. If you look at my record during the six years I was captain - except for a couple of series - I did very well.
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I always look to my mom for strength and courage when I need it.
