Grace Jones Quotes

This is what I would say to my pupil: 'You have become only your fame and left behind most of who you were. How are you going to deal with that? Will you lose that person forever? Have you become someone else without really knowing it? Do you always have to stay in character for people to like you? Do you know that you are in character?'.

Grace Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: model
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  • Birth: May 19, 1948

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If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'

Stephane Hessel

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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention - but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it.

Stephen Merchant

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If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.

Tom Peters

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In writing, I try to find the right balance between momentum and infinity, truth and beauty.

Romesh Gunesekera

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If the rhythm or beat of the music changes with a live orchestra, you have to think on your feet. If you feel like you are not on your leg, you have to make a decision to make it look as though nothing is going wrong.

Misty Copeland

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I think it's good for parents to be supportive, to motivate, and to somewhat nudge their kids because the majority of kids will want to quit something when it gets hard - that's just their nature. Children will normally take the easier road.

Dominique Dawes

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I've been working since I was 13 completely straight without a break.

Christina Applegate

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It's one-of-a-kind, because some people would die to have the family I do.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

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I'm super active, so sitting on the couch and staring at the walls isn't ideal for me.

Ali Krieger

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What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

Sergei Bubka

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To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness.

Timothy Radcliffe

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Unless there is one master gene for yield, which I'm guessing there is not, engineering for yield will be very complex. It may happen eventually, but through the coming decades, we must assume that gene engineering will not be the answer to the world's food problems.

Norman Borlaug

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