Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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I'm quite fluent in Telugu now, but there's a difference between talking and dubbing. While dubbing, the diction must be in sync with the emotion in the scene and would impact my performance.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.
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Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.
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Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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I really go against drama in my life. Life is too short.
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I go around the country sharing my story. I aim to dare other people to go deep into their own stories and hope to inspire them to think about their own world and experiences.
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They don't pay me enough to take any racial abuse. If you come up to me and say something racially, I'm going to take your head off.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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People will write whatever they want and make up whatever they want anyway.
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There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
