Jon Pardi Quotes
My California sunrise, there's a real mist in the air. I think of the mountains. You can smell the farm fields. You can smell the dirt and the lights and the whole sun.
Quotes to Explore
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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I don't really yell at people.
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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I'm a really good dinner party guest. I am always so appreciative, impressed that anyone has even managed to turn on the oven and cook for me.
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The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Quoting Alexander MacLaren, The Wearied Christ and Other Sermons)
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If you're faking it, people will know, and it's going to turn a lot of people off.
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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
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The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
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My California sunrise, there's a real mist in the air. I think of the mountains. You can smell the farm fields. You can smell the dirt and the lights and the whole sun.
