Linda Perry Quotes
To me, I feel like everything I touch will do good. Because my heart and my passion is all in the right spot. And you can't go wrong with that. But maybe I'm naive.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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I think I'm a very intuitive actress.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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If it wasn't for hustlers, gangsters & gamblers there'd be no Jazz. Wasn't middle~class who said Let's go hear Bird tonight.
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Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.
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I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.
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To me, I feel like everything I touch will do good. Because my heart and my passion is all in the right spot. And you can't go wrong with that. But maybe I'm naive.
