Jami Gertz Quotes

Midwest kids got to summer camp. There is something very special about being away from your parents for the first time, sleeping under the stars, hiking and canoeing.

Jami Gertz

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Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next line rather than your own script. It means that your self-worth will always be tied to what someone else thinks about you, forever out of your control.

Jessica Valenti

LifeCharacterControlSomeoneYou

High school isn't necessarily the best time of your life.

Jenna Ushkowitz

LifeTimeBestSchoolHigh School

I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.

Jeff Bridges

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Most people who are successful don't keep their money. One of the rarest things in the world is to maintain success and integrity - the kinds of things that seem so easy just starting out. But that's the human predicament.

Sophie B. Hawkins

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He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer.

Simon Callow

LifeGreatStoryThoughtLife Story

Cannes or Oscars is not only to bring happiness and recognition - they protect people like me. The world knows who you are. You can work. You can express. You can help other people. It's not only the star system. It's a symbol of freedom.

Rithy Panh

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And I like the look on people's faces when I say I'm doing this movie called Pride and Prejudice and they kind of smile, and then I say I'm in a movie called Doom and they kind of do a double take and try and put the two things together. And they never quite manage to.

Rosamund Pike

SmileTogetherPeoplePrideDoing

Institutions need a lifetime to realize their potential.

Roshni Nadar

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My parents strapped a pair of plastic skis on my boots when I was two years old and sent me down our driveway in Vail. Of course, they were holding on to me the whole time, but that was my first experience 'skiing.'

Mikaela Shiffrin

TimeExperienceParentsMeSkiing

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Dolly Parton

WindSailsAdjustCannotDirect

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.

Bobby McFerrin

FatherGrowing UpGrowingCraftHard

I've exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. For the most part, these communications took place before my marriage, though some have sadly took place after. To be clear, I have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time.

Anthony Weiner

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