Amy Jackson Quotes
India has introduced me to my ultimate passion - acting. I don't plan to give it up, and I intend to stay here for a long, long time.
Quotes to Explore
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
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We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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When you're the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries.
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I recall saying that civil rights organizations, when they demand more than is legitimate, it hurts their position.
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Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.
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But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.
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Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future.
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India has introduced me to my ultimate passion - acting. I don't plan to give it up, and I intend to stay here for a long, long time.
