Jacki Weaver Quotes
It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
Quotes to Explore
-
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
-
Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
-
From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.
-
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
-
If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
-
Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
-
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
-
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
-
Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
-
I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
-
Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
-
I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
-
Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
-
Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
-
Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
-
To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
-
My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
-
When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
-
Love is a self-manifested notion depending on how lonely you are - so if you're really attracted to someone, and you're really lonely, I think you can fall in love in an instant. It's all about where you're at.
-
We wish to be treated 'not as ordinary prisoners,' for we are not criminals. We admit no crime - unless, that is, the love of one's people and country is a crime.
-
The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.
-
For me, doing good work is important.
-
And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.
-
It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.
