Life is not about focusing on the obstacles. It’s about how you handle them, and whether you get enlightenment or levity from the way you do it
DREW BARRYMOREI just didn’t understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.
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My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn’t. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn’t care for the lifestyle.
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I am obsessed with ice cubes. Obsessed.
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I don’t even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don’t want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.
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One thing that got me started on it was the jean jacket. It’s an item that could make you believe you’re in the 50s or punk-rock 70s or grunge 90s. I was really focused on timelessness, and I think music is very timeless.
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I’m not a very organized person for being uber work-obsessed. I struggle to keep it all organized because everything can become important and, when you have so many spinning plates, they sometimes can cancel each other out because you lose track of everything.
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I don’t want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.
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I’m just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.
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I didn’t grow up in a traditional family, and I never had a family dinner around the table, so whenever I actually had a dinner ‘plan,’ it meant a lot to me; it made me feel excited and safe.
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California is an unbelievable state. One day I might be in a spiritual place like Joshua Tree, then before I know it, I’m eating groovy sushi in a mini-mall. I’m a Cali girl through and through.
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When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That’s when I feel beautiful.
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I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it’s important to seek out that reason – that’s how we learn.
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Feeding a child at school is such a simple thing – but it works miracles.
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When things are perfect, that’s when you need to worry most.
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I never want to get to the point where it’s all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.
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It’s the worst when you’re kissing someone who’s not a good kisser, and you’re trying to make it look good, but you feel like you’re just working on your own.
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