Vance Joy (James Gabriel Keogh) Quotes
I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.

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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.
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There's a weird contrast between my usual daily routine and then my book coming out. It's like someone's just suddenly opened the curtains in a dark room, and everyone's looking at you.
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I think people get a sense of possibility when they're on a plane, even romantic possibility, wondering if the perfect person is going to sit down next to them or something.
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The worst thing you could ever get is people who think they know everything.
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You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.