Grace Jones Quotes

I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes that people assume I am that rich. But I did things for the excitement, the dare, the fact that it was new, not for the money. And too many times I was the first, not the beneficiary.

Grace Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in!

Jenna Blum

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Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

John Dewey

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We have a system of jurisprudence. You are innocent until proven guilty. You have a right to counsel. And you have a right to hospitalization if you are ill. That is our system. And it's what makes this country special and what makes this country great.

Andrew Cuomo

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I was one of six kids in a single-parent household.

America Ferrera

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I felt like I could take the responsibility and make the Nas movement bigger and not keep it confined to the Tri-State area, so to speak. He allowed me to do that. When we were together, we made a lot of noise, and I made him an international star.

Steve Stoute

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A lot of what I do - I have to try and make sense of things before I can make nonsense of them.

Rory Bremner

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I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart.

Rose Namajunas

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One of my early memories is of a white girl twirling in a circle. I realized later on that it was from that show 'Small Wonder' - the oldest I could have been when I was watching it was four or five, but it's one I think about a lot. It's stuck in my head, this terrible Fox television show.

Martine Syms

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I've had some pretty awful jobs that I don't miss, like working on a nightclub door, or compiling VIP lists at 3 A.M. in the morning, but sometimes it's just got to be done.

Luke Evans

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I write for the same reason I read: to find out what's going to happen.

Lisa Unger

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For me, everything is cool.

Paz Vega

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The rich support the poor primarily via taxes.

Thomas Peterffy

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