Jessie J Quotes
I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.
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I think you're lucky if you discover what you really love at a young age. College wasn't something I was going to do. I wanted to keep acting, and I didn't want to go to New York or California and pound the pavement.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.
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Frankly speaking, I don't know much about rock music. But I enjoyed some when I was in college or high school. But I stopped listening after Elvis Presley!
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Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.
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We are all multidimensional and kind of have dual personalities. Everyone puts on different roles depending on what circumstances they're in without even noticing that they do that.
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I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
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There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.
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To him who has nothing it is forbidden not to relish filth.
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It's nothing really. It's the unique presentation that makes me look good in the action scenes. Why did I dare do them? That's a funny question! Why do I act? Why do I breathe!
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My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read,'Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at largeDown in the meadow, where is richer feed,And will not mind to hit their proper targe.
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Under patriarchy, every woman's son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman.
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The world is a fine place. The only thing wrong with it is us. How little justice and humility there is in us, how poorly we understand patriotism!
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As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
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I'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of movement and vigour. I find myself remembering the shape of a scene by how I'm standing, what I'm doing.
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I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.
