Amy Jackson Quotes
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
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I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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It's easy for people to strike if they're not working on a regular basis.
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I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
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Fear controls you.
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I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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When I read the 'Ugly Betty' pilot, I thought, 'Oh, this part's funny.' I said to my husband, 'I'm going to get it!' But based on what? All my exquisite comedic work in a Nike commercial?
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I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.
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I'm not here to impose Sharia law, and I'm not here to have a message about disability being inspirational - I'm here to make people laugh. But when I can layer things and make people not only laugh but question, make people not only laugh but be offended... I have to do that.
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Just before a game, I try to keep a clear mind so that I can focus better. I'm the kind of person who plays fast and relies a lot on intuition, so being at peace with myself is vital. Saying my daily prayers helps me achieve this heightened state of mind.
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Imagination comes in after we have experience.
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I feel more comfortable in saris than gowns.
