Joan Collins Quotes
And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started acting when I was 17. So there wasn't much time.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
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In our Western culture, although death has come out of the closet, it is still not openly experienced or discussed. Allowing dying to be so intensely present enriches both the preciousness of each moment and our detachment from it.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
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I'm not an economist; I'm a hacker who has spent his career exploring and repairing large networks.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.
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I think, as e-commerce grows as a category, most e-commerce companies are focused on women because they are the decision makers and the consumers. When you think of e-commerce, and fashion is a big part of that, women are much more in tune with what other women are looking for online.
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Kitchen competition shows are so action-packed. They just get your adrenaline pumping.
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After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.
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Sometimes, the aftermath is more devastating than the storm. That is the story of the 2008 financial crisis. It was disastrous at the time, but what has been worse is how long it has lingered.
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I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
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And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started acting when I was 17. So there wasn't much time.
