Carrie Jones Quotes
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
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Pakistan has accepted some security training from the CIA, but U.S. export restrictions and Pakistani suspicions have prevented the two countries from sharing the most sophisticated technology for safeguarding nuclear components.
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Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the 'old stuff.'
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How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of isolated incidents?
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Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
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The art of life is more like the wrestler's art than the dancer's, in respect of this, that it should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected.
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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
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I was raised in a little church, the Grundy Methodist Church, that was very straight-laced, but I had a friend whose mother spoke in tongues. I was just wild for this family. My own parents were older, and they were so over-protective. I just loved the 'letting go' that would happen when I went to church with my friend.
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I saturated myself with the improv community.
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My accent does slip. When I arrived in England in 1978 at 18, I was shocked to find myself 'the American' at RADA. The English and the Americans have an intense relationship. They helped us out in the Second World War.
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The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.
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I take care of my voice. I don't go to loud discos where I have to shout; I don't have iced drinks.
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Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
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My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.
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My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.
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People pump gas and then they go in the store and pick up some things and pay for them, and they forget to mention the gas.
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There is really nothing like doing a play in New York.
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In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras. I got to fully experience and appreciate both the tragedy of Somalia and the beauty of it.
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Hormonal ones, I am right here. Me. The old lady otherwise known as your grandmother
