Rachel Platten Quotes
It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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We've always had anti-Muslim bigots, but they've always been at the fringes of society.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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A person who is shallow aspires to depth; one who is ugly aspires to beauty; one who is narrow aspires to breadth; one who is poor aspires to wealth; one who is humble aspires to esteem. Whatever one lacks in oneself he must seek outside.
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Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company. I've always had a personal relationship with someone in the company.
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I do think we've become so reliant that the phones are never out of our reach. We're always trying to stay connected that way and the irony is that it's actually disconnecting us from everything else because we're not just focused on what's in front of us; we focus on what's in our hand or off to the side.
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The nature of human beings is that we're competitive, and the chances are there's someone out there who's going to work harder than you and want it more than you.
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That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
