Liz Phair Quotes
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.
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Suppose that 'Unsolved Mysteries' called you with news of a long-lost identical twin. Would that suddenly make you less of a person, less of an individual? It is hard to see how. So, why would a clone be different? Your clone would be raised in a different era by different people - like the lost identical twin, only younger than you.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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I love Japan; it's very special.
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I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess as a military leader; it's not because of the incredible innovations in policy that he introduced. It's because he knew when it was time to go.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask.
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If your working television sits on top of your non-working television, you might be a redneck.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good.
