Jim Kelly Quotes
My daughter wrote a book called 'Kelly Tough' when she was 19 years old. It's a must-read.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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That's my dream: one day, I want to standing on the stage on Broadway. I sing; my dancing is terrible, but I can be trained. That's my dream. That's something I really want to work on.
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In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.
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This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I choose to focus on the positive.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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You have to come to terms with loving your body.
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The brutal regime of the dictator fell … the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny.
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It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.
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How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.
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But that's a side effect of alcohol, isn't it? Stopping to think about other people is not on the bar menu.
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My daughter wrote a book called 'Kelly Tough' when she was 19 years old. It's a must-read.
