Jacqueline Winspear Quotes
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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I write novels and other things.
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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I just work a lot. I just remember recording in a hotel room in Malaysia. I work on planes, I work on buses. A lot of times when I'm backstage in the hotel or on the bus, I would have new ideas.
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I'm not a good liar. I just tell the truth; I think that's the best way.
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The more defensive a society, the more conformist.
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I'm singing this song for you and your mum that's all,And it won't be long before everyone is gone.
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Everything depends on a good job - strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.
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When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'
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A lot of times you can lose the MP3s - it's a lot of labor to be finding it again, putting things back up. You gotta back up, back up, back up.
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A tea set is good for a newborn girl. It is a gift that instantly makes the room a girl's room.
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My salvation lies in time spent alone with an X-Acto knife and commercial-grade adhesive.
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I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.'
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I manage a team, for beach soccer. I'm the coach. Player, coach.
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I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.
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New York was scary, coming from the Midwest. At first, I thought I'd come in all cocky, like, 'I'm gonna bring this town to its knees!' After about a month, I was like, 'I wanna go home.'
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I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.
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Thats been hard being away from the family, because Washington can be lonely. When you tune out of all the activity, thats like, youre alone.
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I never really felt like I quite fit in. Other boys were playing sports and into hunting and stereotypically masculine activities. I was always more attracted to the arts. I loved to dance, I loved to sing, and I always knew I would be an actor. I don't really know why.
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The best alpinists are the ones with the worst memories.
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I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.
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Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.
