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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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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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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When your child comes to you at a young age and declares he or she is passionate about this or that, the natural tendency for many parents, out of love, is to simply support that decision. That's the path of least resistance, but it's not necessarily the best path, in my opinion.
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To him who has nothing it is forbidden not to relish filth.
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My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.
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I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses.
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You always kind of know she's there, and you know she's capable of playing really well, ... But I think I'm capable of playing just as well.
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I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.
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There simply isn't a way to do the show without investing in a bunch more companies.
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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.
