Janis Joplin Quotes

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

Janis Joplin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970

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GoodPeopleTreatTexasThoughtGot

Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.

Joaquin Phoenix

PeopleMeFeelNot KnowingYouMore

I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else, and that is your world.

Jodie Foster

FocusWorldPlaceAnythingDifferent

I remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact, and that kind of opened my eyes.

Joel Gretsch

EyesRememberKindWatchingContact

Me becoming a person, instead of somebody who just hides and is afraid, has happened in tandem with me learning to write music and become a good songwriter.

John Grant

LearningGoodMusicMePersonWrite

We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city.

Alvar Aalto

WorkDailyArchitectureCityProblem

When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.

Stephen Covey

CreativeControlStartNegativeWay

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

Trey Gowdy

TruthSomeoneQuestionsYouTell

The energy of college football rivals that of a live performance for me. I am an extremely analytical guy and predicting these games is right up my alley, especially with a little luck thrown in. It is even more fun when I am winning and I have to say, I have fared quite well in my predictions.

Rodney Atkins

LiveFootballI AmFunCollegeLuck

In some sense, I'm a romantic. I like the idea of organic history and tradition.

Rory Stewart

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In our town, Halloween was terrifying and thrilling, and there was a whiff of homicide. We'd travel by foot in the dark for miles, collecting candy, watching out for adults who seemed too eager to give us treats.

Rosecrans Baldwin

TravelDarkCandyWatchingOutFoot

It would be, in fact, very ominous if Iraq were to be able to get weapon-usable material, hydro-plutonium or highly enriched uranium from abroad.

Mohamed ElBaradei

GetOminousWouldAbleFactAbroad

It's still unacceptable for women to have negative emotions, especially anger, and I was trying to write against that.

Claire Messud

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