Fiona Apple Quotes
I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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I'm a big fan of Die Antwoord, which is a different style than I normally listen to.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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Socialism requires that government becomes your god.
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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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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
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I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.
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When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.
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I'm not religious, so theres no church on Sunday.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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Dead people don't really die. They live on within you.
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The imperfections in my family made me learn to deal with things on my own and solve problems for myself.
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I'm not the singing cookbook lady.
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My first novel, 'The Tiger's Daughter,' embodies the loneliness I felt but could not acknowledge, even to myself, as I negotiated the no man's land between the country of my past and the continent of my present.
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I just tend to do things to myself that I don't realize I'm doing. Sometimes I bite my lip so that it splits and hurts, and yet I can't stop. And sometimes I'd play shows on the last run, I'd scratch my neck while I was singing, and I'd horrified to see these red streaks of blood after.
