LaToya Jackson Quotes
People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did. So after that, I switched to Communications.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
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I know it might seem a little superficial, but every actor has their thing. Some people focus on the walk, but for me, it's all about the nails and the voice. Those are the two most important things.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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One is sometimes meant to reassure the reader that she's qualified to write about a certain topic.
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It's important to meet with the people who can shape future events, and who might be causing a current problem. And to ignore them means that the problem will continue.
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There is a lot of negativity that you welcome into your life when you're an actor. You bare your soul for anyone to see.
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The freedoms we have enjoyed in America - and spread around the world - are incredibly fragile freedoms.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.
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People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
