Joanne Kelly Quotes
I'm a child of the literary bent. I don't want to see 140 characters. I want to see a story.
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We all know that television is better for women as they get into their 40s. You could be more three-dimensional, not just the wife or the mother.
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It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
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I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone. I don't mean to sound Zen, but genuinely, when I stopped competing with anything is when I started enjoying my work, and that brought out the best in me. I'm living in a universe of my own, and I'm enjoying that. I love to appreciate other people's work.
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When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
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People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
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As I've gotten older, I've had to change my food intake.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!
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Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, life can change. Don't ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?
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The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much more problematic than I thought it would be.
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I've always loved the word blunderbuss. I've always thought that it was a beautiful word and that it could mean several different things.
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Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking.
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The worst aspect of dating from the perspective of many men is how dating can feel to a man like robbery by social custom – the social custom of him taking money out of his pocket, giving it to her, and calling it a date. To a young man, the worst dates feel like being robbed and rejected. Boys risk death to avoid rejection (e.g., by joining the Army)
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I have a very feminine voice when I write, a very womanly point of view. My last name feels strong and powerful. To me, it's almost a bit masculine. I like the dichotomy of the two. Two sides perfectly represented within my name.
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Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned was the case on at least one National Football League team - to play to injure.
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Everyone loves to be loved.
Mark Spitz -
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
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The problem for large scientific projects is to do something that is being done for the first time, balanced against cost, schedule. and promises to the government. That is a hard balancing act.
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I'm a child of the literary bent. I don't want to see 140 characters. I want to see a story.
