Jennifer Chiaverini Quotes

I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers shared their stories with me.

Jennifer Chiaverini

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When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through.

Jesse Jackson

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It's hard to say what the Founding Fathers would think of the modern presidency.

John Dickerson

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I started out young and idealistic, and it was all about social justice and fair distribution of resources. I didn't understand why everybody couldn't be equally prosperous.

John Mackey

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I had a stage when I was 12 years old. I had a puppet show career. I wrote horror stories in camp, and all the parents called and complained.

John Waters

ParentsCareerHorrorOldStage

How do we compete with the 3D superscreens at the cineplex? We just make it better - because theatre is better because it's live. Instead of trying to be like the poor cousin, we need to accept that we're the king.

John Tiffany

LiveKingTheatreBetterTrying

I don't listen to the albums that I make, and I don't listen to a lot of music as a whole.

Sia

MusicListenWholeMakeLotAlbums

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

Shirley Knight

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I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don't want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I'm feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious.

Louise Bourgeois

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With Don Rickles and me, we're just telling the truth. We're not terrific people, and we're not gonna win the beauty contest. We're just average Joes. We're just being who we are, and I think people like that.

Lisa Lampanelli

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From the time I was thirteen, there was a constant struggle between MGM and me - whether or not to eat, how much to eat, what to eat. I remember this more vividly than anything else about my childhood.

Judy Garland

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I drink at least a couple of espressos every day and love the flavor of coffee.

Johnny Iuzzini

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While it would be as wrong of me to attribute these traits to women at the exclusion of men as it would be for a man to do the reverse, I think women can often be very strong team players and good communicators and collaborators.

Diane Nelson

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