Courtney Barnett Quotes
I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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As long as you believe in Him, no matter what happens in your life, understand that it's all for a purpose.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.
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Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
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The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it got me my Equity card, too. I waited 12 hours to be seen for it, though!
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Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.
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I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.
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The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.
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I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.
