Jane Byrne Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
-
I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
-
My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
-
U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
-
As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
-
I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.
-
I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
-
All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
-
Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
-
Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
-
We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
-
I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
-
I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
-
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
-
I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
-
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
-
My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
-
Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
-
We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
-
I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.
-
As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.
-
From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
-
I am grateful to be here, and I will always be grateful for the opportunity Manchester City gave me.
-
Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength.
