Lawrence Pearsall Jacks Quotes
I had been virtually a Unitarian (as I still am) but without knowing it. The experience of being among Unitarians who did know what they were, and attached much importance to it, was entirely novel to me, but I soon fell into their ways and found it easy to go forward on their road, the more so because the other roads became closed to me.
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You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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It's a roll of the dice in the movie business. I mean, every single movie is a roll of the dice. Any movie on paper could look like it's going to be fantastic. You know what I mean?
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I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.
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I certainly know German colleagues in the U.S. who try to be Americans, try to melt into Americanism, even before they get married and become American citizens. But I've never tried that.
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I had been virtually a Unitarian (as I still am) but without knowing it. The experience of being among Unitarians who did know what they were, and attached much importance to it, was entirely novel to me, but I soon fell into their ways and found it easy to go forward on their road, the more so because the other roads became closed to me.
