Jackie DeShannon
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And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time. JACKIE DESHANNON I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it. JACKIE DESHANNON I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percu... JACKIE DESHANNON I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful p... JACKIE DESHANNON I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as be... JACKIE DESHANNON I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artis... JACKIE DESHANNON I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am. JACKIE DESHANNON I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and a... JACKIE DESHANNON Ignorance is kind of bliss. JACKIE DESHANNON The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure. JACKIE DESHANNON There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impo... JACKIE DESHANNON We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about wha... JACKIE DESHANNON Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me,... JACKIE DESHANNON When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the r... JACKIE DESHANNON When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because o... JACKIE DESHANNON And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis wa... JACKIE DESHANNON I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, wi... JACKIE DESHANNON There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springstee... JACKIE DESHANNON Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some... JACKIE DESHANNON And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long ... JACKIE DESHANNON I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the ... JACKIE DESHANNON JACKIE ROBINSON JACKIE COLLINS JACKIE ROBINSON JACKIE CHAN I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life. JACKIE WALORSKI I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims ... JACKIE WALORSKI It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your gov... JACKIE WALORSKI America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The word... JACKIE WALORSKI We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world r... JACKIE TABICK This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately th... JACKIE TABICK One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and c... JACKIE TABICK Symbolically, what the rabbis say is that at Passover, what we have to do is try to get rid of our h... JACKIE TABICK In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air. JACKIE STEWART I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear... JACKIE STEWART When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the tox... JACKIE STEWART We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in tha... JACKIE STEWART From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy. JACKIE STEWART I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same numbe... JACKIE STEWART The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyre... JACKIE STEWART Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax. JACKIE STEWART There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, b... JACKIE STEWART We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lyi... JACKIE STEWART There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the w... JACKIE STEWART It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who... JACKIE STEWART Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung o... JACKIE SPEIER It is past time that consumers recognize the emerging power of 'Made In America' products an... JACKIE SPEIER When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really... JACKIE SPEIER My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their inv... JACKIE SPEIER When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class... JACKIE SPEIER We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to ... JACKIE SPEIER We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we mus... JACKIE SPEIER We must start to prepare for a warming world in the same way that we prepare for the possibility of ... JACKIE SPEIER In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my c... JACKIE SPEIER We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their h... JACKIE SPEIER I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's repro... JACKIE SPEIER There is no longer any anonymity on the Web - unless we mandate it. The most personal information ab... JACKIE SPEIER When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destin... JACKIE SPEIER It is important for us to be able to meet and greet the people that we serve. And if we start having... JACKIE SPEIER Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American. JACKIE SPEIER My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on i... JACKIE SPEIER Planned Parenthood has a right to operate. Planned Parenthood has a right to provide family planning... JACKIE SPEIER Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now. 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JACKIE COOPER I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of me... JACKIE COOPER But I want to do good work, after this series. JACKIE COOPER But the working I would always want to do. JACKIE COOPER A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it. JACKIE COOPER I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six o'clock a... JACKIE COOPER Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and the... JACKIE COOPER From that, I became very anxious to produce something of my own. JACKIE COOPER I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them... JACKIE COOPER So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do. JACKIE COOPER So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work? JACKIE COOPER There was only so much television you could do. JACKIE COOPER To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended. JACKIE COOPER They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it. JACKIE COOPER People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they n... JACKIE COOPER A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job. JACKIE COOPER They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light started to pick it up. JACKIE COOPER There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist. JACKIE COOPER So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go a... JACKIE COOPER I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the dire... JACKIE COOPER They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs becau... 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It ends or it doesn't.
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Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely? 
Coffee is a language in itself. 
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I can't predict the future and I don't have respect for people who try to. 
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Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 
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I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets. 
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Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. 
Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want ... 
Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead. 
I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life. 
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