Jean Simmons Quotes
Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
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I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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We've just got to understand that (tonight) is a different day and we've got to perform better than we did (Wednesday) night.
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I like a girl who spend a little cash for her shoes.
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For me, even in my first book, the pleasures of writing anything magical is that it has to be physical. It has to be grounded and very much in this world. Then, I get to play with all the consequences of this new thing.
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When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.
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If you can't add to the discussion, don't subtract by talking.
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Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles.
