Jason Statham Quotes
My mom and dad used to tell me, 'You've got to see this film,' and they were influential to a high degree of the films I saw as a kid.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
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When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.
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Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes.
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Sometimes, challenges and struggles are exactly what we need in our lives...May you welcome every effort, every struggle, and every challenge...May you open your wings and fly!
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My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
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My dad was a janitor for U.S. Radium Corporation, and he stayed there for 37 years. So he didn't read.
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I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.
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My mom and dad used to tell me, 'You've got to see this film,' and they were influential to a high degree of the films I saw as a kid.
