Jasmine Guy Quotes
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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I have lots and lots of party clothes. I mean real party clothes.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.
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In memoir, you have to be particularly careful not to alienate the reader by making the material seem too lived-in. It mustn't have too much of the smell of yourself, otherwise the reader will be unable to make it her own.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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I completely scorn the falsifying, the sanctimonious, the cheap and the shoddy.
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Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.
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I like to collect DVDs of most English films.
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I write about modern people who share a deep sense of connection to the mysteries of the past. I find that I understand myself and my world better when I'm able to peer into history as a mirror.
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I am an atheist and do not know the meaning of the 'religious pain' that is felt by believers of every cast when what they believe in is insulted.
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A relative of poison ivy and poison sumac, the cashew contains the same rash-inducing chemicals, known as urushiols, as its kin.
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In America, we have always taken it as an article of faith that we 'battle' cancer; we attack it with knives, we poison it with chemotherapy or we blast it with radiation. If we are fortunate, we 'beat' the cancer. If not, we are posthumously praised for having 'succumbed after a long battle.'
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What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.
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My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I've lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I've lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending.
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I'm just not one of these guys who, like, you know, woke up with a six-pack. I need Skittles. I have to eat very particularly and I have to work out like a madman. And then it looks like... okay.
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We will have to devise innovative plans to ensure that minorities, particularly the Muslim minority, are empowered to share equitably the fruits of development. These must have the first claim on resources.
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As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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I'm exploring the long history of women, first of all, being silenced and, secondly, not being taken seriously in the political and public sphere. It's a call to action through understanding and through looking at ourselves again and trying to reformulate the whole question of women and power.
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I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.
