Jaclyn Victor (Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor Rivera) Quotes
I learnt a lot about resilience and hard work from my mother. And yes, I’d do anything for my kids!
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I just lost interest in performing.
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I don't go to the doctor except when I'm very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of local water.
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I am naturally slim, actually thin. So, for years I have been trying to get some curves. I tried eating food that would increase my weight, but I only ended up putting fat around my stomach. So, now I have made peace with my body.
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Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
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The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?
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I think of myself as a content creator and, hopefully one day, a content enabler and supporter of others, so that's what my immediate and hopefully future journey is.
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My conception of my ideal reader has expanded quite a lot as I've matured: Ultimately when I think of my ideal reader, it's someone who's not sitting down with the intention of automatically arguing with the book: somebody who's going to give me enough slack to tell my story.
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Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house.
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I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
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I'm so familiar with what Malcolm X wrote at certain stages of his own life and development.
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The sham engineers of the music industry, who steer the wheels of public opinion, are driving the good features of calypso into the ground. I shudder to think what these greedy men will eventually do to this true art form.
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Reason is a fine thing, but it is not the only thing available to a writer. It's just part of the arsenal of many things available to a storyteller. Revelation, for example.
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Prince didn't want to celebrate birthdays but to live life, to elevate and educate to the next level of enlightenment.
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I learnt a lot about resilience and hard work from my mother. And yes, I’d do anything for my kids!
