Martin Jacques Quotes

Now, I know it's a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's an assumption that modernity is a product simply of competition, markets and technology. It is not. It is also shaped equally by history and culture. China is not like the West, and it will not become like the West.

Martin Jacques

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TechnologyHistoryCultureIllusion

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer, and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways. I saw myself traveling with a company or making my own work and being a little weird. I wasn't thinking about the business side of anything; I just knew that I loved dancing.

Jillian Hervey

WorkLoveBusinessMyselfNew York

My career is as an actress. I am an actress playing a comedienne.

Joan Rivers

I AmCareerPlayingActressAm

I love In-N-Out Burgers!

Jennifer Morrison

LoveI Love

People always say, 'I want to be the best fighter in the world.' That's why I respect Conor. He said he wants to be the best fighter in the world, and he's trying to prove it.

Max Holloway

RespectBestPeopleWorldTrying

The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.

Angela Duckworth

WordsThinkValuesHoldI ThinkUse

The people on Baywatch were about as nice a group of people as I had ever worked with.

Michael Bergin

PeopleNiceGroupAboutEverWere

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

Storm Jameson

WomenMenThinkLearnAttentionYou

My father had a perfectly good drummer who he had an argument with. So one day, on a Tuesday, my father came in with a cheap pawn shop set of drums and said, 'Put your foot here, and you kick there, and you play this, and this is the high hat.' And Friday night, I was playing in a honky-tonk.

Rodney Crowell

GoodFatherDayHatNightFriday

I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms.

Moby

RoadGuitarHotelBadTryWrite

I have no unhappy memories of my childhood.

Louise Wilson

MemoriesChildhoodUnhappy

I'm sure there are some haters out there, but I just put my blinders on.

Lucas Till

HatersOutBlindersSureJustSome

In documentary filmmaking, there's a tradition of telling stories about victims. We often do that from a very patronizing place, but mostly we do it from a very selfish place, to reassure ourselves that our lives are in sympathy and solidarity with the victims.

Joshua Oppenheimer

SympathySelfishTraditionPlace

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