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We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you…
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed…
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We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.
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It is this language of values which I hope to bring to my books. . . . I want to bring values…
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Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?
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When I began to read, I began to exist
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What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong…
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Think about all the tomorrows of your life.
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What I do with my books is to create windows to my world that all may peer into. I share the images,…
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And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't…
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When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this…
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I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She…
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I get called Jacqueline Bissette in America. In France, I get called Jackie Bisset. And actually, it is Jacqueline Bisset, which is…
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I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
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Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and -…
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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People…
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Jackie Chan is a myth.
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My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That's the Jackie Chan diary.
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When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to…
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Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
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