Jacqueline Bisset Quotes
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama's inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation.
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I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
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If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think.
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There is no man that can teach us to be gentlemen better than Joseph Addison.
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The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.
