Jack Dee Quotes
I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
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We need to lift up the nation so we can find a more civil way to deal with our disagreements because, in these United States of America, no one should ever feel their life threatened over their political beliefs and positions.
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After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.
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I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, 'It can't be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it.' That's kind of stuck with me.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
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Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
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I love acting. I do it as a hobby. If I was able to have that as a career... Hopefully the fashion thing is a stepping-stone. I was so worried when I started modeling that it would hinder my chances of acting.
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I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
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It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success.
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The grass is always greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's AstroTurf. Symbols are never reality. Someone might have amassed material success and fame, but that doesn't mean they're happy. So, don't go judging a person's life by the cover.
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Angela Merkel puts Germany first.
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I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring dark subjects into the open where they are not so dark, where they can be talked about and considered by teens and adults alike.
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Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix.
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You always have a second chance, as long as you believe you do and you try again, and stay positive and persistent and consistent.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.
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I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
