Janis Ian Quotes

That's an amazing moment, the first time you hear yourself on radio. It's still thrilling.

Janis Ian

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TimeMomentYourselfAmazingYou

I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.

Jimmy Smits

FeelDoingAwardAcknowledgeHow

I grew up with this crazy upbringing of living many places and always being the new kid in town, not like a service brat where you're always going to school with other new kids in town. I was constantly arriving in small towns and going to school with kids who'd been together since they were in kindergarten.

John Lithgow

ServiceTogetherSchoolCrazySmall

People get really caught up in their own trips.

Max Cannon

PeopleUpOwnGetCaughtTrips

You can't ever go back; life is incredibly short and fragile.

Michael Arden

LifeShortYouBackGoFragile

Helping veterans isn't just a part of my job. For me, it's personal. It's in my blood.

Tom Perez

JobMeBloodVeteransPersonalJust

I have been rich, and I have been broke. Some of it is my fault for choosing bad management and making bad investments. But that is life - we all take risks.

Ronnie Wood

LifeRisksManagementRichBadTake

Just as we can no longer pretend that ducking under wooden desks will keep us safe from a nuclear bomb, we must no longer pretend that a large nuclear stockpile will protect us from the most immediate security threats the United States faces.

Mike Quigley

SecurityWillProtectSafePretend

I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.

Martin Sheen

PeopleWorldThinkAmericaEnough

I was such a tomboy. I had absolutely no bosom, and I wore my hair really short - shaved, like a boy.

Lou Doillon

HairShortBoyTomboyAbsolutely

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.

Jason Reitman

WantMoviesDNAAudienceFilmGoing

I'd love to do more woodworking, and maybe will someday, but I wasn't brought up in that environment. My wife is better at woodworking, and most around-the-house skills, than I am.

Joseph Monninger

LoveWifeI AmBetterEnvironment

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

Dolly Parton

LifeGoodBusinessMyselfBelieve

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