Zooey Deschanel Quotes

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For those of you who tried, but didn't make it,
Settle down — it's never what you think.
The summit doesn't differ from the deep, dark valley,
And the valley doesn't differ from the kitchen sink.

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Can't get up in the morning lately
and I'm just sunk in a dream
I'm always the ship in the stream

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I don't want to go to another roller-coaster ride of a movie. If I want that, I'll go to Magic Mountain. I'm really interested in the young directors that are doing different things in cinema. I think the movies people will hold onto are the Rushmores and the Being John Malkoviches. Those are the kind of films I want to do; that's what I'm passionate about.

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Don't look back
all you'll ever get is the dust from the steps before
I don't have to see you every day,
but I just want to know you're there

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Why do I always want to sock it to you hard?
Let you know what love is like when I'm
keeping all my cards up on the shelf
Where you can't see them
Why do I always want to keep it to myself?

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Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone, but I never had yours. I followed you back to the end of the path, but I never found the door.

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I won't be waitin' any more cause I know
Baby, baby
I was made for you

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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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For those of us who try to keep remembering,
Try to do our better than our best.
Think of all the children in the drifts of snow.
Winners never quit, but winters never rest.

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My eyes are so bleary
I guess I'm young but I feel so weary
I've tried to express it
But I think its all a bore
Its at the heart of me,
A very part of me

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My goal as an actor is always to be as truthful as possible, and to find the truth in the material I am representing. So I think that it's the same with performing music. But in a way, performing your own music, it's easier to find the truth in it, because it's coming from yourself. There's no translation needed.

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Shut your eyes, there are bluer skies
For you're embraced in my heart

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Well I'm back in your good graces again
Remember when you told me that I was your only friend?

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I think a lot of what motivates me songwriting-wise is — this might sound silly — but, when I listen to a song that I love, it kind of makes me feel better. I think that's the impetus behind everything I write; I want to make people feel better, whether it's myself, or a friend, or whoever. I don't know how to say this without sounding corny or banal, but I know a lot of people who are very hard on themselves. So this is sort of a cheerleading lullaby.

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I want to be where your heart is home
I want to see you with the light in the morning
There's never been such a beautiful warning to me, to me

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Hair got caught in the sunlight darling
But I just wasted the day.
I knew it would happen this way.

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Well I know that you worry a lot about
Things you can't control
There are so many things wed like to have
But we just cannot hold You've got to be kind to yourself
You've got to be kind to yourself

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