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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I hope I have a long career, but I really don't think about the future like that. I live, like, for right now, honestly. I take it however it comes.
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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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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.
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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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Nature utters her voice in lessons of heavenly wisdom and eternal truth.
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Like many men who play tennis, when I hit a ball into the net, I tend to look daggers at my racket, reproaching it for playing so badly when I myself have been trying so hard.
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Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.
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In a free market capitalist system, 'price signals' are everything. Prices are determined by buyers and sellers in the free market, and these prices are broadcast from the exchanges, reaching all corners of the economy - where they are used to transact business.
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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.
