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Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson
British Actress
Born: May 9, 1936
Good Life Me People Work You
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I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better. Glenda Jackson
Better Sometimes Nothing Believe Know Than Anything Used Now
What interested me, was that as we age, those seemingly unbreakable barriers that define us, our gender, they begin to crack, to blur; they're not absolutes anymore. Glenda Jackson
Me Age Gender Our Define Those Seemingly Absolutes Begin Crack Anymore Blur Interested Us Barriers
My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man. Glenda Jackson
Man Money Him Accountant Goes Tax Agent Then
If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem. Glenda Jackson
People Problem Strong Some People Too Some
I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque. Glenda Jackson
Sign Blank Cheque Them
It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in. Glenda Jackson
Education World Be Nice Free Nice Live Everyone Would Would-Be Wanted Who
One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them. Glenda Jackson
Hell Small Most Return Very Them
You've got to sing like you don't need the money. Glenda Jackson
You Money Like Sing Got Need
My job is to see the world through the character's eyes. Glenda Jackson
Character Eyes World Job See Through
I've always said the first duty of life is to live it, and I do believe that. And we delude ourselves if we think it's not going to end. How we individually meet that, I think, is entirely individual. Glenda Jackson
Life First Duty Live Believe Think Meet Ourselves Entirely Individual Delude Individually Said Always How End Going
If a woman is successful, then she's deemed to be the exception that proves the rule. If a woman fails, well, we're all failures. That kind of underlying approach to our gender doesn't seem to me to have changed an iota. Glenda Jackson
Me Woman Gender Changed Approach Our Rule Kind Seem Exception Fails Failures She Well Underlying Iota Proves Then Successful Deemed
Anything I could have done that was legal to get Margaret Thatcher's government out I was prepared to do. I could not believe what she was doing to this country. Glenda Jackson
Government Legal Country Believe Out Could She Doing Get Thatcher Done Anything Prepared Margaret
No, I didn't think of myself as an idealist. I consider myself as a believer in what I regard as the Labour Party's basic principles, which have to do with equality and 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. You know, the golden rules. Glenda Jackson
Myself You Equality Party Think Others Consider Rules Would Do Unto Others Idealist Know Unto Principles Labour Golden Regard Which Them Believer Basic Basic Principles
My life was transformed by the Labour government of 1945. It was transformative for millions of people like me, you know - education, the health service. It was proof that politics can make life better for people; that a social dream can become a social reality by the power of government. Glenda Jackson
Life Education Politics Service Government Health Me You Reality People Better My Life Power Become Dream Proof Like Know Make Labour Labour Government Transformative Transformed Social Millions Millions Of People
Rock Hudson. He was an absolute human being. Charming, funny, real. Glenda Jackson
Funny Human Being Charming Absolute He Rock Real Rock Hudson Hudson Human Being
You can go onto that stage every night, and it's always the equivalent of going onto the topmost diving board, and you don't know if there's any water in the pool. Glenda Jackson
You Water Stage Pool Every Onto Diving Know Always Equivalent Go Any Going Board Every Night Night
When I was feeding myself by being a professional actress, I never got a good notice in the 'Evening Standard.' And when I changed direction and became a Labour MP, I was the wrong political party for the 'Evening Standard.' Glenda Jackson
Myself Good Political Party Changed Direction Never Wrong Feeding Became Got Political Party Labour Being Notice Standard Professional Evening Actress
Everything I had been taught to regard as a vice - and I still regard them as vices - under Thatcherism was in fact a virtue: Greed, selfishness, no care for the weaker, sharp elbows, sharp knees. Glenda Jackson
Care Greed Virtue Everything Weaker Fact Had Knees Sharp Still Been Selfishness Taught In Fact Vice Regard Vices Elbows Them

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