Joan Collins Quotes
One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.
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You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and make sure that you surround yourself with good people, especially if you're a woman. You've got to find a team that takes you seriously as a female fighter and is not going to rush you into the ring before you're ready.
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We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.
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Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
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It's wrong to say that there is no performance in a glamorous role. Even a glam role takes in a lot of effort. There is a fine line between being glamorous and being vulgar; you have to feel comfortable in what you wear.
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Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
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I play to see what I can accomplish. I don't play for fun. I play to see how good I can be.
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I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and now I have to do that every time.
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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize.
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Indeed, the Muslims have all the social evils of the Hindus and something more. That something more is the compulsory system of purdah for Muslim women. These burka women walking in the streets is one of the most hideous sights one can witness in India.
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When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.
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Today, our economy is divided: fifty percent is the public economy and fifty percent is the private economy that includes small companies employing from 4 to 200 workers.
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There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
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I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about. My father, before I was born, had been gassed in the first World War, and I wanted to know why there were wars, why people hurt each other, why we couldn't get along together, and what made people tick. That's why I started to write stories.
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That is the ultimate power, to stare death in the face and be unafraid.
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I'm up for doing a part if I thought the part was right and the people want to consider me for a part. If I thought the part was absolutely exciting... I would go for it.
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It MDMA takes away the feelings of self-hatred and condemnation, which are the biggest obstacles to insight... For reasons we don't understand, MDMA allows people to do this, typically in one psychotherapeutic session.
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I haven't been to Tasmania. I haven't been to the South Pole, and I haven't been to the North Pole. I want to see the polar bear migration before there are no polar bears. I want to see Glacier National Park before the glacier melts.
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Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people.
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One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.
