Jessie J Quotes
As an artist, I try and be controversial, and I have been a bit offensive at times. I have a view on the burka, and I'm sure a few of the Muslim girls and their families would have a view of me on stage in next to nothing!
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Humanity will live as long as there are humans.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
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I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston.
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I still think reading something like 'Ulysses' takes a tremendous investment of time, but it repays all of it with so much interest.
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Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.
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Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.
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For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.
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Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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To grow up five miles outside of the greatest city in the world is a bizarre experience.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Events are the best opportunities to experiment with clothes, as we have to stick to a character in films.
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The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
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I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there.
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I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.
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I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
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It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is always said of difficult problems.
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I like looking at a book and asking myself, 'How do I replicate that experience I just had as a reader?'
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I stay away from dairy and I drink almond milk now. And I've also found that eating breakfast, like waking up and actually having it, helps me stay way healthy.
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As an artist, I try and be controversial, and I have been a bit offensive at times. I have a view on the burka, and I'm sure a few of the Muslim girls and their families would have a view of me on stage in next to nothing!
