Jimmy Cliff Quotes
I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but going to studios, greeting musicians and artists, just getting a vibe.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.
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At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me.
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It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment. Until then, America thought she was witnessing nothing more serious than the worst aviation disaster in history; now she had a sense of the fantastic vehemence ranged against her.
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As long as Florida remains a swing state, Cuban exiles in Florida will remain a very powerful voting bloc.
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I love interpreting other people's music.
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My own passion for caravan holidays has been occasionally commented on by the media. It is certainly something that I am proud of.
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I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but going to studios, greeting musicians and artists, just getting a vibe.
