Cleve Jones Quotes
If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
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Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
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I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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There isn't much of a music scene in Hermann, unless you like polka. But the landscape I grew up in is a part of me. I spent a lot of time in the woods doing a lot of nothing to break the boredom.
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The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.
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I'm a wandering gypsy.
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Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.
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Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
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I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.
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There's nothing anyone can do about Tiger Woods but look at his game and swoon.
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Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.
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You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.
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A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published.
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People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their own lack of achievement.
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The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.
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If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.
