Bo Derek Quotes
I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really different.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.
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My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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Holy is the Bible word for all that makes God different from us, in particular his awesome power and purity.
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I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. In America, possibly because of whatever the American dream is, this happens over and over again. These eras repeat.
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There's one profound difference between secular and religious pilgrimages. It's inconceivable that a Muslim would feel a sense of anticlimax when reaching Mecca. But for a secular pilgrim, the potential for disappointment is always there.
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A black woman's handbook in this industry is, 'Whoa.' The chapter on 'Don't go there.' The chapter on 'How to say that nicely,' how to express that you don't like something so that you don't lose the opportunity - which is what we're doing all day long.
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I think every company has its own unique approach to creating shareholder value.
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I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really different.
