Jane Seymour Quotes
Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real life.
Quotes to Explore
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV.
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Some writers think that fiction is the space of great neutrality where all humans share the same concerns, and we are all alike. I don't think so. I'm interested in class warfare because I think it's real.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.
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The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.
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I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.
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I never gave up on music, and I feel like music never gave up on me.
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Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real life.
