Jamie Clayton Quotes
'Different' is such a good word. For me, ever since I was little, I always felt that something was off. And I just didn't have the resources to - I just didn't know what it was.
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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Health is never going to go out of fashion.
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I can't even imagine life without music!
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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There's so much bullying with young people and them feeling like they can't come out, and they don't know what to do. And it's something that you have to work through. And, you know, for me, it was - I came out, and then I went back in for a minute. And then I came out, and I was like, 'You know what? This is who I am.'
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Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I've never really been a character on TV. I think, if possible, you want to portray yourself. If you're in a situation where you're supposed to react, you need to react.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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One way or another, I want to be a positive force for the people of Louisiana and the United States of America in whatever way I can serve.
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'Different' is such a good word. For me, ever since I was little, I always felt that something was off. And I just didn't have the resources to - I just didn't know what it was.
