JessB (Jess Bourke) Quotes
If you are part of the majority it can be hard to realise how much it matters to see people who do look like you, and can relate to you on a really simple level especially when you are growing up. I had a happy childhood in other aspects, but being different in this way was something that has probably shaped me in some ways.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
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I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
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I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anything else. I've played characters that were written for Caucasian females, I just want to be given the same consideration as everybody else, and so far that has been happening.
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I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
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We all have a stake in ensuring that all students have the schools they deserve and that communities are leading this effort, not being left behind. To do that, we must challenge unchecked charter expansion and the forces driving it.
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I know this sounds generic, but I'm so happy to be home with my husband, my family, and my dog.
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I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of isolated incidents?
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'I haven't done enough. I don't have solar panels on my house yet. I haven't sorted out the heating, my car's not a Prius, I f--ing fly all the time for my job and I hate it but at the moment I haven't really got a choice, you know, and all these things. The job I'm in is a job that wastes energy left, right and centre. It's madness.' source
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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No matter how old you become, I'll always hold your hand tenderly. just like how I held it on the day that you were born. I love you, son.
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We need to consistently play our role as a moral leader in the world.
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If you are writing comedy and try to please everybody, you'll please nobody.
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If you are part of the majority it can be hard to realise how much it matters to see people who do look like you, and can relate to you on a really simple level especially when you are growing up. I had a happy childhood in other aspects, but being different in this way was something that has probably shaped me in some ways.
