Joan Jett Quotes
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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I want audiences to see me in different avatars.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents.
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Sometimes, we feel like we don't want to offend people, but there are times that we need to express ourselves without fear that somebody is going to shut us down simply because we have differing opinions. That's how we grow.
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I want to be like Ford Madox Ford. I want to be talking to somebody across a fire, and I want him to join me and listen to me, and if he is fidgeting in his chair, I know I am not doing my job. I am a storyteller, and I know most people like a story.
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Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
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If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.
