Joan Blades Quotes
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I think I've been influenced by everything I've ever heard. The first thing I ever heard was my grandma, who was an opera singer. The first song I ever learned was the 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Turandot.' My father was a big band singer, so I used to hear him walking around the house singing standards all the time.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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I never count calories. Counting calories is stressful and intimidating, so I avoid it! I know that if I'm eating something that's a treat, I don't need to count it because I mostly eat healthy and am conscious of what I'm putting in my body.
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You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
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If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.
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I had a productive day, without the distraction of conversation.
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A miss is as good as a mile.
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As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,I see the lords of humankind pass by.
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Gleason used to rack balls for me when he was a kid in Brooklyn and in Long Island.
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My whole family's been in the business. My whole family is crazy.
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When I was 12 or 13, my dad taught me a couple of different chords, and once I learned chords, I never learned to read music, but I learned tablature, like a lot of kids do, and I learned songs that had the chords I knew. It took me a long time to understand the upstroke of picking and strumming, but once I did, it all fell into place.
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I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.
