Jacki Weaver Quotes
Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
Quotes to Explore
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there.
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It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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I have a pretty good knowledge of the Indian world by virtue of living on several different reservations and being exposed to several different cultures and languages.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
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There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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I always encourage over-tipping if you can afford it because... share the wealth.
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Honestly, I'd love to say I live this amazing Hollywood lifestyle, but actually, I'm at home with my same friends and cooking. I crochet, I do watercolor. I think what surprised me the most is that that isn't the lifestyle everyone necessarily lives.
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It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
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It's time to unleash your awesome!
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I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.
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You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.
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Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
