Iris Johansen Quotes
I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I usually listen to classic rock and roll.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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To me, leadership has always been about doing what's right. Because when you've had to write your blood type on your boots, you aren't afraid to make the right calls.
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I have to tell everyone that when I finish a film and it goes out and is released, I never look at my films again. I don't like looking back. I don't even like talking about 'em! So I'm really digging back in my memory because I don't like to sit and look at my films again.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.