Susannah York (Susannah Yolande Fletcher) Quotes
Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters.
Quotes to Explore
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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I don't see why OPEC countries should continue to cut production just to keep the price of oil high. This will not affect the industrial countries alone, it will also hit poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Who will look after them?
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The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.
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I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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If one person is spending all of their income on clothes, travel, hobbies, and entertaining, and one person is saving it, that may not be quite fair if and when you guys split up, depending on what the law is and what you decided to do.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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Damn stupid vampires and their stupid sense of stupid superiority
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I really love writing, but I am very easily distracted: my two cats fighting, a rainbow, a TV show... I have to use every trick to keep myself at the computer.
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Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters.
