Lauren Ashley Carter Quotes
I did attend a convention with the production company behind 'The Woman' and 'Jug Face,' and I loved it and thought, 'I have to come back, as they are so much fun!' But those tickets are really expensive, and you're buying merchandise, and you want autographed pictures with people, so it's kind of like Disney World.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Lupe Fiasco is kinda cool. I like him a lot.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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I try to write catchy hooks but, at the same time, things that mean something that will provoke thought.
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I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.
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If you're the person whose problems were solved when you were born, your job is to try and help the people who aren't in that situation. It's very easy to say you're tired of political discussion when all of your problems are solved. I keep trying to think of it that way.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.
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I did attend a convention with the production company behind 'The Woman' and 'Jug Face,' and I loved it and thought, 'I have to come back, as they are so much fun!' But those tickets are really expensive, and you're buying merchandise, and you want autographed pictures with people, so it's kind of like Disney World.
