Lisa Marie Presley Quotes
People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.
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If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work as a director.
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Music has always been really important to me.
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I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.
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We learn not for life but for the debating-room.
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People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything.
