Jimmy Dean Quotes
A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.
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Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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When I fell for Johnny Galecki, we both knew immediately that we had this connection, and that was it.
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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Psychologically, I'll always be a fat girl because that's what my character is built on. I always got a buzz out of people telling me I was ugly. I went out of my way to un-beautify myself. I didn't want anyone's approval.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable!
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More than anything else I recall being, or trying very deliberately to be, a perfect child. Not a Goody Two-shoes, but a kid who did good, who worked hard and met every expectation. I strove to achieve in the excessive way that psychotherapists tend to regard with concern.
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The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.
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A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.
