Jackie Quotes

• When Toots finally could breathe again and the blood returned to his brain, he recalled that he had not passed or been passed by Jackie at any time in the race. Toots never used foul language but he came close that night. Jackie paid.

  Audrey Meadows

  Night, Race, Blood

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• Jackie Chan is a myth.

  Jackie Chan

  Myth

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• Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

  Jackie Chan

  Sleep, People, Training

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• Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

  Jackie Chan

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• I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record.

  Reba McEntire

  Song, Play, Singing

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 25, 2005.

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• All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip our hat to him. Because he made the game available to guys like me.

  Dave Winfield

  Sports, Games, Guy

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• Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true.

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Believe, Japan, Stories

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• Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive

  Lou Brock

  Sports, Kings, Pride

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• Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.

  Alicia Keys

  Crazy, Keys, Trying

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• I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all.

  Sandra Bernhard

  Thinking, Gone, Feminine

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• Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Athlete, Equality

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• Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

  Sidney Poitier

  Easy, Mines

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• Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

  Sidney Poitier

  Legends

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• To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

  Sidney Poitier

  Thinking, Compliment, Enormous

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• I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

  Elvis Presley

  Four, Shows, Ed Sullivan

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• I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Movie, Character, Trying

  Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 10, 2003.

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• Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

  Chuck Jones

  Happiness, Art, Laughter

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• How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason?

  Maureen O'Hara

  Angry

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• After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

  Reggie Jackson

  Funny, Baseball, Mean

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

  Ernie Harwell

  Careers, Brooklyn, Height

  Tom Keegan, Ernie Harwell (2002). “Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball”, Triumph Books (IL)

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• As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie.

  Pierre Salinger

  Loyalty, Kennedy Family, Firsts

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• Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.

  Pierre Salinger

  Husband, Wonderful, Week

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• When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.

  Marc Maron

  Kids, Europe, Young

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  I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

  Jackie Chan

  Next, Firsts, Martial Arts

  Twitter post from Jul 09, 2010

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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.

  Jackie Chan

  People, Scared, Stunting

  Twitter post from Jul 06, 2014

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