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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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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We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.'
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you if you are reading it incorrectly.
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Honestly, I was so happy for Bruce because I loved Bruce... and Bruce felt like my brother. You know, I wanted him to be OK, and I was just thrilled he'd found someone who had four children and someone who understood what it was like to be a parent - you know, just to have that great family life again.
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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.
