Joan Collins Quotes
I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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I don't categorize food as bad or a guilty pleasure.
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You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
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My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.
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There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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The chief executive officer is also the chief sales officer. He or she is responsible for the success of the company and making a profit. The closer the CEO is to the everyday selling process, bringing in business, the more successful the company will become.
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I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.
