Jessica Lynch Quotes
I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
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Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history.' Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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In relationships with a directors I want to be able to give and take, and I can't name what it is: respect, energy, investment in the task, focus, humor, intelligence, but I always feel responsible for taking the money.
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I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.
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I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.
