Jill McCorkle Quotes

I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to write all the novels you'll encounter.'

Jill McCorkle

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LiveEyesWalkEnoughLongYou

People would come to me and say, 'Jet, your Kung Fu is pretty good, do you want to be an action star when you grow up?' At 17, I was given the script and I went to make the movie.

Jet Li

GoodPeopleMeActionGrowYou

I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.

Jerry Reinsdorf

HopeWinWorldDieCubsAfter

I started out in journalism in the mid '90s working for the sister wire service of the 'Wall Street Journal,' which is called Dow Jones Newswires. Then I joined the 'Journal' in its Brussels bureau back in 1999.

John Carreyrou

ServiceSisterJournalismBackWall

My straight friends accept I'm gay but they forget that some people don't. Even now, if I go into a party, people don't usually assume I'm gay, so you have to keep coming out. And if you say you've got a film with a gay subject matter, you can sometimes see people's eyes going, 'Oh! OK!'

Andrew Haigh

EyesPeopleFriendsYouGayParty

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.

Simone Weil

CountryMoreSufferHerThanThose

I'm kind of pleased with myself that I've got a tailor on Savile Row. I'm 68 years old. I deserve it.

Tommy Lee Jones

MyselfKindDeserveOldTailorGot

I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.

Robert Downey, Jr.

LifeFreedomMyselfWantAheadGive

You've got to recognize, there will never be another you. It has nothing to do with ego; it happens to be the truth. There will never be another person the same. There'll never be another you.

Mickey Rooney

TruthEgoYouPersonNothingNever

Be safe and be realistic. They're both equally important.

Mick Foley

ImportantRealisticSafeBoth

Any Olympic sport is great to watch.

Michael Phelps

GreatWatchOlympicAnySport

I regret the times I've been mean to people... It's fine to pick on people who can defend themselves and deserve it. Some people don't deserve to be picked on who I picked on, so I don't do it anymore.

Don Imus

PeopleRegretDeserveMeanDefend

I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.

Johnny Weir

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