P. J. Harvey Quotes
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
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I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.
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If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.
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I don't listen to my old music of Vanity's unless I have to hear it playing in a mall or something place like that.
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
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Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
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I feel disconnected, like I don't know where I am, if I'm on my phone too much. I'm also just the type to call. I'm not good on text.
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
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I'm really into fashion, but I don't really spend that much on clothes. I manage to find everything I want at a good price.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death.
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I don't really think I got the full high school experience, only because when I got to high school for the first year, it was grades 9-10. We didn't have older grades. But besides that, it was normal. It was a regular public school. We didn't have much going on. It wasn't too crazy.
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Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle records you'll hear that they are based on 'Planet Rock'. All the Miami Bass records are based upon Planet Rock.
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The entire economy relies on the suspension of disbelief. So does a fairy story or an animated cartoon. This means that no matter how soberly the financial experts dress, no matter how dry their language, the economy they worship can only ever be as plausible as an episode of 'SpongeBob SquarePants.'
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As a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus and the Co-Chair of the Invasive Species Caucus, I'll continue to be an independent voice for our district.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
