Glenda Jackson Quotes

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

Glenda Jackson

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GoodAlwaysAmbitiousBeenVery

People avoid the telephone because it's easier to text. Calls can be awkward - you interrupt each other; you can't quite hear someone. But the advantage is you get to hear someone else's voice. You find out whether or not you can have a fluid conversation or if it's stilted and peculiar.

Joanna Coles

PeopleVoiceSomeoneYouFindOut

In Alexandria, my birthplace and my home, all streets bearing Jewish names have been renamed.

Andre Aciman

HomeNamesJewishStreetsBeen

I love Michael Bay movies. I don't think I'd be selling out if I did one. I happen to like his movies. I think selling out is doing something you don't believe in, and you're doing it for a selfish purpose.

Max Minghella

LovePurposeBelieveSelfishThink

Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian.

Roger Fry

MeChristianAlmostBach

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

Rod Taylor

GratefulPeopleThinkTrySuccessful

The establishment of a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week will significantly increase awareness of meth and educate the public on effective ways to help prevent its use.

Ron Lewis

HelpWeekPreventionWillAwareness

I think I became an entrepreneur because I have my way of doing business... to do that, you have to have your own company. But if you have your own company, you're an outsider in the Japanese business world. It's difficult. But that's life.

Masayoshi Son

LifeBusinessWorldThinkDoingYou

Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

TodayMomentFeelSinkShipsMany

I could, of course, have written about the film world and the jealousy there and the frequent belief that others don't have talent. But, for some reason, it just struck me to write about art.

David Thewlis

ArtTalentJealousyMeWorldBelief

It's become like an urban myth. I don't know her. I don't know anybody she knows. I was standing there at the party by myself for an hour and then I left. Once I got those auditions, I worked really hard. Nobody did me any favors.

Shannyn Sossamon

MyselfMePartyNobodyKnowBecome

I'm very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because that's what my mom and dad did. And then along the way, somebody teased me for even thinking that I could get up there. That stayed with me, and I became very shy.

Tyka Nelson

BeginningBrotherMeMomThinking

You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing.

Thomas Keneally

PowerBelieveWeirdYouKnowKid

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