She wanted to be a varsity starter very badly. You could see she had the potential, but whenever she got on the floor, she wanted to prove too much to me.
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Related (Clapper) was dominating. Her second quarter was outstanding. She dominated inside, she was aggressi... MATT SCHMELZER In the teahouses one could hear the most absurd stories, such as how a in a certain place a huge spi... LAO SHE During my childhood I didn't need to hear stories about evil ogres eating children and so forth; the... LAO SHE We got a chance to meet a girl who spent most of her life in foster care. You could sense, even thou... DAWN DELUCA She wasn't quite all there for me today. She wanted to do too much early. If I could have kept her b... GARRETT GOMEZ She wanted to graduate early. She had high priorities, and she knew what she wanted. At one time, sh... JUDY SHEPHERD I've always resented Hermione, because I wanted to be her so badly and she never seemed to appreciat... RACHEL COHN I just thought she wanted to see the fall. But she wanted to see how the Salukis did. JENNIFER GRAEFF She loved Japan because of the beauty, and she loved Italy because of the charm. She wanted to see e... DEBORAH TIBBITT She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she want... ANN BRASHARES Ashley has the potential to see some vault down the line, but I she her as a starter on floor for us... MARK STEVENSON It wasn't that Lorrie Ann was becoming a Goody Two-shoes. It wasn't that she wanted to be perfect or... RUFI THORPE She canceled her trip to be here. She wanted to attend Senior Nationals and then she got picked to b... CYBIL PACHECO I got out of the truck, half-hoping she would be too sleepy to walk. I wanted to carry her. She brou... DEBRA ANASTASIA She was spoiled, but she wasn't lazy. She knew what she wanted, and because she believed absolutely ... CECILY VON ZIEGESAR She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. HOLLY BLACK She was very precise. She wanted to give you details. LARRY JONES We tried to guard her. I guess she wanted to prove she should have been on the All-Rookie team. MUFFET MCGRAW My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension i... NATALIE MERCHANT She looked at me, and even though she couldn't talk I could see in her eyes that she was trying to a... BECKY HOLLAND My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being ... BRUCE FORSYTH She may have been drunk, but she wanted the sex and that is legal. She needs to take responsibility ... JOSEPH AMENDOLA She wanted to drive her age. Unfortunately, she couldn't do that, but she wanted to. BILL JANITZ They wanted a contemporary kitchen. She wanted a lot of white. She likes everything to be very clean... HEATHER FAULDING She thought she was only seeing him because she wanted to see him... It's a by-product of very drama... ALLY CARTER She wanted a fucking cock... she wanted sex look in her eyes... you see that... look how she looks a... DEYTH BANGER All Michelle wanted was to see for herself if she could do it or not. And when it became evident tha... BARRY AXELROD (Stella Mae) had everything down to the wire of where she wanted everything to go. She even had it d... SUSAN WHEELER My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfwa... MITCH HEDBERG I think, quite honestly, she probably took shots too soon, too quick. She just wanted to help so muc... KAY YOW She really loved her independence. She could be an ornery cuss when she wanted to. She was tough as ... JOAN MILLER My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I w... B. B. KING She took care of herself. She just decided that was enough. She's too independent and wanted to do w... EUGENIA BLIZZARD I wanted to see if she had any young children. Thank God she didn't. That would have made things tha... BONNIE SCHWEGEL She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT She didn't see it because when it came to love, she saw what she wanted to see. LESLYE WALTON She wanted to eat my heart and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her... DENIS JOHNSON Actually, coach Taylor had gotten on the field before Mr. Dunne arrived and she had told us that she... ANGELA EHRHARD She remembered the intensity of her desire to undress him, to be naked with him, the way she felt li... LISA JEWELL She wanted this one last, special trip. She had always been to Disney World, but never to Disney Lan... BONNIE HOUDEK She was a businesswoman, and she was doing something that was not in sync with the times. She felt s... RICHARD MILLER It started with modeling. Ever since she was a baby, she would always get stopped. She was a beautif... MICHELLE TUCKER They had asked for me because they wanted a younger girl, but Mum asked if she could bring Kylie alo... DANNII MINOGUE I came over and she told me she was planning to admit herself the next day, ... I was kind of taken ... ANNE SEXTON She was conscious that the things she did were the things she had always wanted to do. ZELDA FITZGERALD Even after all the farmland got developed into industrial, she wanted to be in her house. The best t... LARRY WEIMAN She tried to analyze me once but she got too scared. MICKEY ROURKE I've been coaching 18 years and she's probably one of the most improved players that I've coached. W... KIM GERVASONI Portia remembered her interview in the small office upstairs...in which she had been so shy, so terr... JEAN HANFF KORELITZ When we were arguing on my twenty-fourth birthday, she left the kitchen, came back with a pistol, an... DENIS JOHNSON A loving, caring teacher took a liking to me. She noticed the potential and wanted to help shape it. TOM BRADLEY She had so many ideas and things she wanted to do. MAE SLATON She told me she wanted to get to know him better before she made any commitments. ENRIQUE SALAS She had lied to him. She had wanted to save lives, yes. But she had gone out there with no intention... SARAH J. MAAS She wanted to make sure she studied all the manuals thoroughly, but she had to admit that part of he... JALEIGH JOHNSON She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wante... JEFFERY DEAVER After Henry's treatment of her she wasn't sure that men could honestly love women but she wanted to ... ANNA GODBERSEN See . . . um . . . the thing is, I met with Lisa a few days ago. She wanted to apologize for . . . H... STJEPAN ŠEJIć My sister wanted to be an actress. She never made it, but she does live in a trailer... so she got h... MITCH HEDBERG She told me she always wanted to send Maggie back to God. DR. XIAOYAN WU My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, a... DONATELLA VERSACE You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a r... AGATHA CHRISTIE Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn't fight my battles for me. She doesn't guarantee me easy v... RICK RIORDAN She was kind of the question mark. She decided she missed it, so she came to me right after Christma... DENNY GRIFFIN There was a young girl named Ratchet. She had skill and no one could match it. She wanted ... NANCY J. CAVANAUGH Sitting on the bench inspired Francisco. She doesn't like sitting on the bench, and that inspired he... LEDAWN GIBSON A woman can never be too rich or too thin, but until very, very recently, she could be too powerful,... STACY SCHIFF She was in love with you,” he says. “And I don’t think she got to tell you, did she?” <... TESS SHARPE If I were in a different body, this would be the time I would lean down and kiss her. If I were in a... DAVID LEVITHAN She didn't belong anywhere and she never really belonged to anyone. And everyone else belonged somew... C. JOYBELL C. For Elektra, I just wanted to be very clear. She's traveled the world. She didn't go to boar... ELODIE YUNG She wanted stuff from home. She seemed to be happy. BETTY FRENCH She just wanted to prove it to herself. But each year she just didn't improve as an athlete, she als... LESLIE STANFORD She wanted to go out on a convoy because she was bored with what she was doing. BETTY FRENCH She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear. KATE CHOPIN She went to the locker room to throw up. I wanted her to go home and get in bed, but she didn't want... AHMIL JIHAD Dr. Lee wanted to be a 100 percent certain that nothing could change. It was 99.9 percent, but she w... TONY RASMUS My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my... ARIEL WINTER When she was younger, she felt that he wanted to know everything about her, but she was sometimes af... MICHAEL STEIN I certainly had a sense that this was someone who wanted to be part of change. . . . I think she wan... MARTIN MCGUINNESS It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could if she wa... NAOMI ALDERMAN It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she w... NAOMI ALDERMAN She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they ... MAX BARRY Sweat dripped down his chest. She never thought she could envy a piece of fabric, until she saw the ... JACQUELINE SIMON GUNN We stopped at a motel in Arkansas last night and got panhandled so badly by some crazy white-trash l... DREA DE MATTEO When she came out as a freshman you could tell she was going to be good and that she had a lot of po... KRISTI FRYE Ever since she was a little girl there were a lot of people telling her what they wanted. It really ... BRENDA MILLER She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console ... FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT Every year on her birthday, she would pick out a song which she would force me to sing at the top of... VICTORIA PRINCIPAL She's protective of him. She had wanted my mom to ride with him, but my mom saw no value in that. An... JEFFREY WILSON Believe me what I did came from my heart. She asked me for help and I gave it to her. She wanted her... JOE SPARICO He nodded and curled over his paper, writing quickly. As his words took form on the white page, she ... J.R. WARD I feel like Amy wanted people to believe she really was perfect. And as we got to be friends, I got ... GILLIAN FLYNN She never told me anything, but she allowed me to read anything I wanted in the library, which held ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT My mom wanted to be an actress, so she figured her son could be one for her. She said she'd give me ... TOBEY MAGUIRE She was a coach that just wanted to get into anything she could get into. She loves working with kid... IAN MOONEY For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Ke... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Her front wasn't the best; she struggled off the tee. But when she made the turn, she really turned ... TANYA NIEDBALSKI She didn't want to be moved anymore, ... She said she wanted to stay here, and she didn't want to go... JOAN JOHNSON She just has a lot of guts. She sang with heart, and that's what people liked. She had potential, yo... JENNIFER WEISS
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We rebounded very well tonight. JACKIE PARSLEY What an offensive explosion! The shooting was hot! It was great to be able to see all the girls cont... JACKIE PARSLEY We played a great first half. We let them take it to us the second half. With a tough, aggressive te... JACKIE PARSLEY What can you say? They are a tough team. They are great shooters and play aggressive defense. Jennie... JACKIE PARSLEY We played well in spurts. We also played a lot more aggressive at both ends. (However) we couldn't g... JACKIE PARSLEY We shot better this game, but we didn't rebound and take care of the ball. We have to do much better... JACKIE PARSLEY We knew it was going to be a battle. They wanted to avenge their loss up there. I wasn't sure how th... JACKIE PARSLEY Our fans were great!. They were more vocal and into the game compared to Morris. That was great to s... JACKIE PARSLEY The girls didn't shoot well, but they played great defense to keep us in the game. Another great tea... JACKIE PARSLEY The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no ho... ROD PARSLEY It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading f... ROD PARSLEY No secular state ever existed and none would exist until the end of the French Revolution, and so we... ROD PARSLEY We must accept all of God's will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring... ROD PARSLEY He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme... ROD PARSLEY Realizing that they can't get their agenda across: against religious liberty, against a culture ... ROD PARSLEY It's going to be cool. I'll see some people I haven't seen in a while. DON PARSLEY We do some good work in Delaware and we have some great wrestlers. We'll able to showcase our kids t... DON PARSLEY The tough part is, it's really hard for a layman to see [evidence of the infection]. There were some... DON PARSLEY Those two kids have a lot of respect for each other, and you can see why. They know they're not goin... DON PARSLEY I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a huma... JACKIE ROBINSON Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely? JACKIE COLLINS It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties we... JACKIE ROBINSON Coffee is a language in itself. 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. JACKIE SPEIER I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes p... JACKIE MASON My material is as new as anything on the dinner table. What difference does it make if I'm 70 or... JACKIE MASON I can't predict the future and I don't have respect for people who try to. JACKIE MASON I have nothing but love in my heart and everything I say is just an instrument for laughs. JACKIE MASON I've been watching politics for 35 or 40 years and you just never know. You can have one person ... JACKIE MASON My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies. JACKIE MASON I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny ... JACKIE MASON If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck. JACKIE MASON Predictions are preposterous. JACKIE MASON I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something. JACKIE MASON It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like... JACKIE MASON He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly l... JACKIE KENNEDY Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy. JACKIE KENNEDY Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes. JACKIE KENNEDY The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse. JACKIE KENNEDY What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had familie... JACKIE KENNEDY I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all da... JACKIE KENNEDY Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a hor... JACKIE KENNEDY I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives. JACKIE KENNEDY There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed. JACKIE KENNEDY You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat. JACKIE KENNEDY Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for ... JACKIE KENNEDY I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investin... JACKIE KENNEDY Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living al... JACKIE KENNEDY I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady. JACKIE KENNEDY There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all. JACKIE KENNEDY The only routine with me is no routine at all. JACKIE KENNEDY I want to live my life, not record it. JACKIE KENNEDY I am a woman above everything else. JACKIE KENNEDY One thing of the many things that I know about Jesse Jackson, he is persistent. JACKIE JACKSON I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned. JACKIE JACKSON I know my brother. Michael, he's not that kind of person. He doesn't do that. That's all... JACKIE JACKSON I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little. JACKIE JACKSON Jesse Jackson, when I met him, he had an innocence about him which is still very much a part of him ... JACKIE JACKSON My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people. JACKIE JACKSON I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets. JACKIE GLEASON Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for in... JACKIE GLEASON The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. JACKIE GLEASON If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you hav... JACKIE GLEASON How sweet it is! JACKIE GLEASON I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classica... JACKIE EVANCHO I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent&... JACKIE EVANCHO I'm just concerned that if I get older, people aren't going to enjoy me as much as when I wa... JACKIE EVANCHO Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking... JACKIE EVANCHO Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs. JACKIE EVANCHO I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love... JACKIE EVANCHO I would like to sing for the Pope. And the Queen, and at Simon Cowell's wedding. JACKIE EVANCHO When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your a... JACKIE EVANCHO It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment. JACKIE EVANCHO The music kind of possesses me when I sing. So whenever I start to sing on a show - I mean, first, I... JACKIE EVANCHO Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really ex... JACKIE EVANCHO I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative... JACKIE EVANCHO I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too. JACKIE EVANCHO I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, t... JACKIE EVANCHO I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give u... JACKIE EVANCHO I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm usin... JACKIE EVANCHO I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now ... JACKIE EVANCHO It's always exciting to see different cities I love, and go on tour buses. It's so much fun ... JACKIE EVANCHO I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much. JACKIE EVANCHO Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story. JACKIE EVANCHO I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myse... JACKIE EVANCHO I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I k... JACKIE EVANCHO I just wanted to say hi to Pittsburgh as well because I miss it. JACKIE EVANCHO 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 No, I got my web site going and said I have the record out. People were just falling on the floor - ... 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 So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next c... JACKIE COOPER I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like ... JACKIE COOPER The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personalit... JACKIE COOPER In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means. JACKIE COOPER So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the pe... 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... JACKIE COOPER If it's boring, then it's tiring. JACKIE COOPER I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much m... JACKIE COLLINS People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get... JACKIE COLLINS Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. JACKIE COLLINS I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is... JACKIE COLLINS Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want ... JACKIE COLLINS Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else wo... JACKIE COLLINS I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't k... JACKIE COLLINS Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's reall... JACKIE COLLINS The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time wit... JACKIE COLLINS I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want t... JACKIE COLLINS Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you k... JACKIE COLLINS I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They... JACKIE COLLINS I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then... JACKIE COLLINS My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother? JACKIE COLLINS I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about ... JACKIE COLLINS I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne becau... JACKIE COLLINS Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you... JACKIE COLLINS I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know ... JACKIE COLLINS If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to ... JACKIE COLLINS Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead. JACKIE CHAN My affection for Taiwan... is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of T... JACKIE CHAN I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life. JACKIE CHAN In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. P... JACKIE CHAN For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real ... JACKIE CHAN A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared... JACKIE CHAN Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax. JACKIE CHAN I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film. JACKIE CHAN If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be. JACKIE CHAN