Henry David Thoreau Quotes
Where there is a lull of truth, an institution springs up. But the truth blows right on over it, nevertheless, and at length blows it down.
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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People take things so seriously.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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I'm not graceful.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
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The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand.
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I was 10 years old, and I went to the Marigold Arena in Chicago, and I was hooked, just like that.
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Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.
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Michael Owen isn't the tallest of lads, but his height more than makes up for that.
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When I'm cooking for myself, I find that I eat almost completely vegetarian, although I'm not vegetarian.
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Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The light spread until the patch of Dark Thing had vanished, and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure.
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Where there is a lull of truth, an institution springs up. But the truth blows right on over it, nevertheless, and at length blows it down.
