Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Quotes
You should have seen me in my Catholic school girl skirt with my knees knocking together.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
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I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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It's not my goal to be a famous actor.
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We all have fears, especially when we're younger. I was afraid of clowns.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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When I was a kid and started to be obsessed by art in the 1980s, the art world was in this polarity Warhol/Beuys, Beuys/Warhol. Both expended the notion of art extremely, but in very different ways.
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I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.
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My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.
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I'm raising a child, and it's public. The media creates these dramas, and that's not what's happening in my life.
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Do not lose your independent mind, unconditioned mind. You have by nature a very powerful mind. You can find everything for yourself; you can know everything for yourself.
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We sit down with the kids every single night, not that I want to every night - sometimes I'd rather be out with my husband having a martini at a swanky restaurant - but we sit down with our kids every night at dinner.
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You should have seen me in my Catholic school girl skirt with my knees knocking together.
