Marion Jones Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
-
Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
-
I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.
-
When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
-
I love my sleep.
-
I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
-
I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
-
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
-
The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
-
When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush, a real blanket and a real bed to lay in.
-
If I wanted to know what a certain future would feel like to me, I would find someone who is already living that future. If I wonder what it's like to become a lawyer or marry a busy executive or eat at a particular restaurant, my best bet is to find people who have actually done these things and see how happy they are.
-
We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
-
I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
-
Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
-
I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother.
-
The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
-
If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
-
Some people try to cyber bully me; they try to get to me with words, but that doesn't really work.
-
After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.
-
David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.
-
It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government which has been the work exclusively of foresight and wisdom. They have all been the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances.
-
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
-
We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.
-
I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.
