Jenny Eclair Quotes
I've got this horrible feeling that I'm one of those people who'll always have to flog their guts out to get anywhere.
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Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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The reason our games generate so much revenue is because we're stupid enough to charge $60 for a box or $50 for a download or something. You need used games because most people can't afford those prices.
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Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
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A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.
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I have never said that people 'should' engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful U.S. policy.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.
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At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and old practices.
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I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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I really like to take the time to build things slowly and surely - to get more grounded. But it never felt for certain, like, "One day people will listen to me!" It was more like, "Perhaps I've got something to say." So it feels fantastic. It's good to take the time to think, to find, to search.
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Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person - not to get too heavy about it - but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer.
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People know my name and that can get me in the door but on the same hand people know my name and that can have them shut the door.
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I've got this horrible feeling that I'm one of those people who'll always have to flog their guts out to get anywhere.
