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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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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In the early days of the Russian Revolution in 1917, I was completely in sympathy with it. I felt that it established a new era in the history of the modern world. I was so overwhelmed by it that, if people made any unfriendly comment, I would vigorously defend it. If people condemned the Communist party, I would speak in its defense.
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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Pictures all around, of how good a life should be, a model for the rest, that bred insecurity, I walked a jagged line and then came back for more, it's always in my mind, an institution with no law.
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I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy.
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I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching.
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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.
