Zooey Deschanel Quotes
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far.
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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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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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn't express to an individual, I would express them in my music.
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The Bible has come under fire for making woman the fall guy in man's cosmic drama. But in casting a male conspirator, the serpent, as God's enemy, Genesis hedges and does not take its misogyny far enough. The Bible defensively swerves from God's true opponent, chthonian nature. The serpent is not outside Eve but in her. She is the garden and the serpent.
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I think change is always scary but also always good.
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I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.
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I really wanted to be an opera soprano.
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For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.
