Floor Jansen Quotes
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.
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And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud.
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I'm a smoky eye girl. I love playing with eye colors, metallics... fun stuff!
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Anyone who is afraid to lose isn't ready to win.
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I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.
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Some people would like me to be round again.
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I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.
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The independent companies tend to be successful in areas that the majors stay away from - then they get nabbed.
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Whenever I'm writing a song, if I have an idea for the music video, that's how I know it's a good song.
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I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.
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It's exciting being around people who are adults - I actually race out the door in the morning and shout, 'Bye!'
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My Finnish, it never really happened, but I'm good in Swedish.
