Fiona Apple Quotes
Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.
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Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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I don't know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don't cry. I say maybe it's meant to be.
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We find that other employees are very enthusiastic about their fellow crew members who have disabilities-or what they previously thought of as disabilities.
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I have written a new book called 'The Golden Motorcycle Gang.' The premise of the book is taken from actual events in my life. My life has been dedicated to inspiring and motivating others to live their highest vision of their ideal life and offering transformational trainings that help people succeed in all aspects of their lives.
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'More and more as time has gone on, I realize that playing is really more about listening than it is about playing.'
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This digital world is completely fascinating to me.
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Don't classify me, read me.
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Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.
