Beverly Jenkins Quotes
What your mother means is that we could hear you snoring soon as we pulled up into the driveway. No way was I going to risk my hearing by going into your room.
Quotes to Explore
-
I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
-
You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
-
I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
-
We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.
-
You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
-
I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.
-
Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
-
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
-
By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.
-
God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
-
I have matured a lot.
-
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
-
I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.
-
I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and I think writing was a way of withdrawing into my own imagination.
-
There is only one thing that gives me hope as a Republican, and that is the Democrats. It's going to be hard to do a worse job running American than the Republicans have, but if anybody can do it, it's the Democrats.
-
There's inevitably something missing when you grow up in this kind of an environment when your parents travel a lot. When your father is famous, you are looked at and expected of. There are standards you need to meet.
-
I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.
-
Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.
-
I believe, for an actor, both the success of his film and awards are equally important.
-
I've been lucky enough to do a few editorials in the U.K., but I've never even been on a casting for mainstream commercial work. When I try to understand it, I think people are scared to try something new.
-
The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.
-
I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.
-
I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel', anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.'
-
What your mother means is that we could hear you snoring soon as we pulled up into the driveway. No way was I going to risk my hearing by going into your room.
