Jackie Chan Quotes
I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I think a lot of guys who are on the Internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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Hero Ride gives everyone the opportunity to get involved with an incredible charity, and the beauty of this challenge is that you can set the boundaries: whether you can manage 10 miles or 100 miles on the ride to Blackheath, Hero Ride is for everyone.
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Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.
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Is there anything more self-defeating than using technology to free up your time - so that you can learn how to do an even better job at it?
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It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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Abraham Lincoln once said, 'All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother.' I'm not sure I want to say it quite like that, but my mother, Sonya Carson, was the earliest, strongest, and most impacting force in my life. It would be impossible to tell about my accomplishments without starting with my mother's influence.
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I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.
