Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
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I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters.
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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
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I feel very, very blessed.
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I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.
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I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.
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I'm very interested in science.
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I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
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I'm so secluded. Very alone.
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I'm a very competitive person.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.
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I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.
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I love Jet Li, but he looks very Chinese, and his English is Chinese-accented. He wouldn't have been the right guy to play a Japanese-American.
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My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
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My younger sister had kids before I did, and managed to earn a master's degree while raising them as a single parent. Now she's a brilliant second-grade teacher. I'm in awe of her ability to juggle everything and still be a great mother.
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I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.
