Barbara Jordan Quotes
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Broadway is really my life.
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
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When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.
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Actor's life is very long.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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When I was in the gunner's bubble of a B25 bomber, taking off from an aircraft carrier 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, I remember saying to myself how amazing it was to get the chance to do that.
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I remember when I first came to America, nobody had a clue what a black Englishman was. I was either South African or Australian to them.
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These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.
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A person in the business of defending criminal cases is going to live in controversy all of his or her life.
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
