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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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 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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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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Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it.
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‘When I say 'mind,'’ said the blood relation, ‘I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.’
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I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist.
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I think I believe a little bit in the power of people to really cast a bad energy on you if they want to. If the bad mojo wants to come your way, look out.
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I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains.
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I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.
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I believe eating well, and with people you love, is about feeding your body, heart, and soul - I used juicing to ensure I covered my nutritional bases every day, and as a tool to restore inner balance if my body needed a break from too much indulgence.
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I think people in general think more about their insecurities.
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I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in.
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When you've experienced the real Marilyn, it's difficult to watch a movie about her.' I didn't want to have the memories of my experience tarnished in any way.
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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.
