Aimee Mann Quotes
Soon enough you can say we made it up just for fun I guess to make a mess cause what’s more fun than other people’s hell
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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My experience growing up in a rough and tumble town in the blue-collar world of Western Pennsylvania in the 1970s was that anything a man did was always more important than anything a woman did.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else – when you want to be another person.
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I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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True security lies in the unrestrained embrace of insecurity - in the recognition that we never really stand on solid ground, and never can.
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It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge where you are and work on your own issues.
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Do you know what a blessing it is to make movies that make people happy?
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When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'
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Soon enough you can say we made it up just for fun I guess to make a mess cause what’s more fun than other people’s hell
