Joan Collins Quotes
Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.
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At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase.
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Boys can just wear a suit on the red carpet and that's fine, but for girls it's all about the way you look, and there are constant comparisons.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.
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I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.
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Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.
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How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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The Obama administration demonstrated time and again a disturbing willingness to bypass the separation of powers and disregard Congress as a Constitutional watchdog.
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I softened in my old age.
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Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.
