Lauren London Quotes
I have a hard time watching myself! Usually I do the work, and then I leave it. So I pretend like I'm not on TV every week.
Quotes to Explore
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I started out doing musicals.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.
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Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?
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I always knew I'd be an actor. I always knew I'd at least be on a big screen somewhere.
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I landed in 1980 in Bangkok, and I stopped to eat ten times between the airport and the hotel. It was all lemongrass and ginger and chilies.
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I have a hard time watching myself! Usually I do the work, and then I leave it. So I pretend like I'm not on TV every week.
