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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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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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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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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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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When I was working on 'Night Falls Over Kortedala,' I was listening a lot to 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon record. I really got into the lyrics on that album. The opening line is so brilliant, the way he sets the scene.
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Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.
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I love mixing prints. The costume designer for 'Pair of Kings' and I have actually incorporated the trend for my character 'Mikayla.'
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My first couple of years in the league left me very unstable. I had some times where I played well, and I had some times were I really did not get the opportunity. After Rick Pitino gave up on me my first year, people were like, 'He can't play.' So I had to get over that hump.
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Women's greater social desirability and beauty power afford opportunities for creating both measurable and invisible income. While the opportunities are available to almost all women and some men, they are available in abundance to the genetic celebrity ... a woman so beautiful that men do more than look and talk-they follow her.
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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.
