Jaclyn Smith Quotes
It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I really wanted to get drafted by the Knicks, and it was a dream come true. I wasn't even hearing the boos that night. I was just having a special moment with my family, hugging them.
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Family - and certainly kids and a stable relationship - is something bigger than yourself. They need you to sit down with them, be there for them when they wake up in the middle of the night.
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For young people in the U.K. who find themselves without anywhere to live - perhaps they have left the family home after a relationship breakdown, or to escape abuse, or have left care - it is far too easy to become trapped in a chain of misfortune, with little help from the state.
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The Republican Party needs to reform or die. President Bush did three things. He destroyed the Republican majority, he crippled the American conservative movement and he weakened the country.
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It's not all about acting. It's about giving an art of entertainment to humanity.
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It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself.
