Joan Jett Quotes
I left my family, and I left my brother and sister, and I went and lived my dream. I saw everybody, but is it ever enough?
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by that name in 1907, but, unlike his earlier adaptations of Verne, Melies' version bears no resemblance to the book.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general style.
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I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.
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There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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You'll find individuals agreeing on this, but when they get into collective societies and larger groups they find it difficult to achieve group agreement.
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I was a street-guy villain. I was a street-corner villain. I was an illiterate villain. All rough edges.
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Movies were my first love.
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I know this is going to get me in trouble, but I'll say it: The whole notion that I am supposed to constantly tweet is ridiculous. There are a lot of journalists at the New York Times who tweet. I am not opposed to it. But I don't have enough time. And editors don't have much to say. My world consists of this office, this floor, my apartment and wonderful conversations with our reporters and correspondents - all of them know a lot more about the world than I do.
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I left my family, and I left my brother and sister, and I went and lived my dream. I saw everybody, but is it ever enough?
