Jackie Chan Quotes
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds.
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We rely on editors of blogs or websites and television stations to supply us these images, and the filter is becoming very thin and very porous. The ratings race for TV and websites is incredibly fierce, and one of the ways of getting people to watch is through graphic violent images.
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A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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I don't like attacking.
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Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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What's considered ideal in Hollywood is completely different than anywhere else in the world. I don't think you can aspire to it, nor can I. Everybody is retouched, stretched, lengthened, slimmed and trimmed. I could look at a picture of myself from the past and think, 'Why don't I look like that now?' It's because I never have!
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
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The time for me in the Peace Corps was easily the most formative experience I've had in my life.
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In my fifties, I was still in creation mode. Now I have more of a responsibility to step back and mentor and offer wisdom, offer sign posts on the path.
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I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.
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I study people all the time. For some reason, we're not very good at seeing what's there or hearing what we're hearing.
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Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
