Jeff Lynne Quotes
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain 45 pounds and I would say it took me double that time to lose it.
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Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.
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People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.
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If I had to model clothes in a time period other than the 21st century, I think I'd like to model way back when they just wore skin loincloths. That would be best suited for me - better than corsets. I'm quite claustrophobic.
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I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.
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A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit.
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You know, I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end.
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I could put you in a condo, all the way up in Toronto
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There were the people that believed in me when I was walking around Spanish Harlem, saying that I was going to be a Hollywood actress. They were like, 'Yeah, you could do it!'
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I believe chemistry is based on the trust between two performers. What actually works is something intangible - being extremely comfortable in each other's presence.
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I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.
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I thank God that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.
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I'm a hard-luck kind of guy. Usually, things that I hope for don't go my way, so I'm very used to that. In fact, I expect it.
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The fashion business got boring. I was working with big companies, but the minute it became too formulaic, I got bored with it. I wanted to do a creative space where I could just make stuff - kind of like an atelier, where I could collaborate with other artists, drape geometric shapes on the body, make cushion covers, or whatever.
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I've been successful because I've never been someone to shy away from taking responsibility.
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Whatever we make the most of is our God.
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The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.
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I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing.
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Black lives certainly do matter - that's one thing. But, it's just that in every profession, there are bad, as well as there are good. I think it's wrong to make cops - or any group - out to be the enemy based on a generalization. Stigmas and generalizations about groups are what get this world into such turmoil.
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The hairs stand up on the back of my neck at certain music.
