Grace Jones Quotes

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.

Grace Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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How do you talk about the Holocaust? How do you talk about slavery? Probably the best thing to do is just be quiet and hide from it, forget about it. Except, then it jumps up and bites you. Because it's there.

John Edgar Wideman

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I love the instant gratification of theatre - it reminds me of why I enjoy filming in the first place.

Steffan Rhodri

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I have always loved to skate, and that is all I wanted to do. Having my whole, entire career taken away from me by somebody else - not losing it myself - I do have blame, but when somebody takes your whole, entire life away from you, and you don't know what to do, it's like you're lost.

Tonya Harding

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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Being a great believer in Scottish tradition, I followed the example of my fellow countrymen and moved to England.

Rory Bremner

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Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.

Davy Crockett

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How many ways can you cut a steak? How many ways can a chord go? I've been in this business so long, I know how to cut it.

Clarence Clemons

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Iranians have suffered economically under the U.S.-led sanctions.

Bob Beckel

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When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you just how broad the talent pool is in international cricket is today.

Sunil Gavaskar

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The Irish fought the Italians until they started marrying them. And then they both fought the Jews until they started marrying them.

Pete Hamill

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I'm not always the best at picking out what goes together. I always want to be presentable, but more than that, I want to be different. I've never just wanted to follow the crowd. I think that goes back to when I was a boy. If everyone was doing one thing, I'd do something different.

Tim Tebow

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Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. You don't expect dentists to be able to forecast how many teeth you'll have when you're 80. You expect them to give good advice and fix problems.

Tim Harford

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