Belinda Johnson Quotes
When I think back to the early years of my career, I wish I would have been less tolerant of the norms of that time. Compared to today's generation, my generation didn't call attention to unfair practices like equal pay and promotion tracks as often.
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When you start writing songs on your own, there's no Bible, there's no one around you, so you're just writing, and you're left with, like, the dead space in your head to know if it's a good song or an interesting concept.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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I got no hate in me.
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One can't do anything alone in Haiti. Sharing and cooperation are so deeply woven into the culture that sometimes it's hard to have a separate thought.
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Angels possess greater powers than do human beings.
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Vampires and teens have a lot in common. Teens have surging hormones, vampires have surging blood lust. Teenagers think they're immortal.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.
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I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway, each injecting a part of our own experiences into a story that's being told.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones.
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If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
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I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.
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'The Sound of Music' is set in 1938 in Austria at the time of the Anschluss.
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When you enter your secret chamber, take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon you. Let the fact that you are alone assert itself. Give your soul time to get released from the many outward things. Give God time to play the prelude to prayer for the benefit of your distracted soul.
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Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.
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When I think back to the early years of my career, I wish I would have been less tolerant of the norms of that time. Compared to today's generation, my generation didn't call attention to unfair practices like equal pay and promotion tracks as often.
