Jasmine Guinness Quotes
People tend to assume that I come from a long line of castle-dwelling gentry and am made of money.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.
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Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
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I have a very intimate knowledge of the world of the mentally ill and of life inside of, especially, public hospitals and the way people are treated in there and the way that they try to survive in there.
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No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.
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When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now - that those items were His concern. Early on, I figured I better begin to learn how to count on myself, instead of counting on supernatural forces.
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We never do two shows the same way. The audience has a lot to do with that spontaneity, and it's our job to satisfy them.
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People tend to assume that I come from a long line of castle-dwelling gentry and am made of money.
