Leslie Jamison Quotes
Whenever we feel shame, it's a mark of some deep investment or deep internal struggle.
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I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
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As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
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I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?
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Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile.
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Given the volume of PC sales and the way McAfee runs its operation, I imagine there must be thousands of phantom subscribers - folks who signed up once upon a time and left the software behind two or three computers ago.
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Where educational deprivation exists, it breeds conflict and enables repression.
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India demands Home Rule for two reasons, one essential and vital, the other less important but necessary: Firstly, because Freedom is the birthright of every Nation; secondly, because her most important interests are now made subservient to the interests of the British Empire without her consent, and her resources are not utilised for her greatest needs.
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You have to separate the negative into two categories - half of it is sensible, constructive things that has made us better. But half of the negative online is negative for the sake of being negative, and it's important for us to remember it's okay they don't like us, and sometimes there's no point in engaging in that.
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I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.
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It's really hard to teach me anything. I can't read music. I never learned how to read music. I read books about things and try to learn - I don't like to learn from anybody. Later on I would, once I'd get the hang of things. Like I ride horses, I'm good at that, Western riding. I learned all about it reading and studying. I'm always learning about horses, I like that.
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Hitler is a prodigious genius.
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Whenever we feel shame, it's a mark of some deep investment or deep internal struggle.
