Joan Jett Quotes
I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
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A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.
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Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
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I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends.
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The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
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The spiritual always did exist, always will. It is eternal, it is changeless.
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Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.
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The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I haven't had a hugely eventful life - maybe I'm compensating in my creative life. Or maybe I'm just a bit sick.
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I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.
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You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
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Trying to do what your competitors are doing but basically a little bit better is probably not going to be the winning strategy. The problem is finding what your competitors wouldn't even consider doing.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that's the real me.
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Wooden was the coach for the UCLA Bruins, arguably the greatest sports coach we ever had.
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Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society.
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The struggle between art and mastery is like the struggle between spontaneity and persistence. When they become one, it is indeed rare and hard won.
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I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music.
