I’m not cynical about love at all. I’m very practical. I think love takes up a lot of time.
ZOOEY DESCHANELMy mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears.
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For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working.
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I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.
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It’s never too late for a coffee. After all it’s morning somewhere in the world.
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I also feel like it’s the right of the people hearing them to have their own interpretations of what these songs mean. Sometimes people will see things that I don’t see.
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I think there’s a certain space people have decided I occupy – the funny-sidekick thing.
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Yeah, well, we were looking for something sort of anonymous. It suggests what it is, but I like that it’s modest.
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You don’t have to wear expensive clothes to look good.
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I like to learn things slow, I like learning alot, I like to get it all again and in the end, You know you get what you got…
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Well, my piano’s really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the ’60s that’s blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the ’20s from Chicago – not a well-known brand or anything.
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There is a lot you can find out about yourself through knowing about history. I have always been attracted to things that are old. I have just always found such things interesting and compelling.
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That people equate being girlie with being nonthreatening … I mean, I can’t think of a more blatant example of playing into exactly the thing that we’re trying to fight against. I
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Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars’ kids at my school – but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn’t cool to show off that you had money.
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There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the ’60s and ’70s – but they’re so itchy and hot. It’s not worth it!
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Women I admired growing up – Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep – were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin.
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It’s really fun to say no sometimes. I just don’t want to discount how fun it is to say no and exercise your right to say no, and – as a girl – it’s important to know how to say no… and that no means no!
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