Exene Cervenka Quotes
I don't really like L.A. much anymore. It's a hideous city. The weather's nice sometimes. It's just too crowded for me and too claustrophobic and too aggressive and too scary, and too chaotic. Did I say chaotic already? I like the country. I like quiet.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams' was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was!
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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I have many good friends, but I tend to keep to myself anyway. It's odd, doing things and having no one to share them with.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.
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I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.
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I think human societies tend to be problematic.
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As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.
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I've always wanted to be a singer.
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I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end up pretty quick-witted.
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When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue.
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In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story.
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My first waitress job was at Johnny Rockets in New Jersey, and then I waited tables at a sports bar.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one.
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I think there's space in the market for a half-dozen kind of polling analysts.
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It's funny... you can make fun of AIDS or Haiti, but if you make fun of some starlet in Hollywood's looks? That's like the one thing... the line you are not to cross.
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I don't really like L.A. much anymore. It's a hideous city. The weather's nice sometimes. It's just too crowded for me and too claustrophobic and too aggressive and too scary, and too chaotic. Did I say chaotic already? I like the country. I like quiet.
