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Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades. -- Alicia Keys
I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show. -- Elvis Presley
Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead. -- Jackie Chan
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. -- Jackie Chan
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
After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go. -- Jackie Chan
In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'. -- Jackie Chan
I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way. -- Jackie Chan
Jackie Robinson is a true legend. -- Sidney Poitier
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Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's. -- Sidney Poitier
Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance. -- Audrey Meadows
Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson. -- Willie Mays
When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon. -- Marc Maron
I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club. -- Elayne Boosler
When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career. -- Ernie Harwell
After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that. -- Reggie Jackson
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved. -- Sidney Poitier
I certainly look at them very differently now, and enjoy Jackie Chan movies and movies like that. -- Chiaki Kuriyama
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. -- Chuck Jones
Every year we discuss Jackie Robinson Day, which is April 15. We talk about it throughout baseball, promote it throughout baseball. -- Curtis Granderson
As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie. -- Pierre Salinger
Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark. -- Audrey Meadows
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive -- Lou Brock
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
Jackie O was so capable in so many ways. Hillary tried to redefine the role when she got into public policy, and Michelle Obama is able to move smoothly between form and function, style and substance. -- Bellamy Young
I liked Jackie Robinson because he was cool to watch, not because he was black. Every time you turned around, he was hitting a triple or making a great play in the field or, best of all, stealing home. -- Cheech Marin
Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation. -- Willie Mays
There's an image that some of us have of Jackie Onassis, stepping out in the rain, and Maurice Tempelsman is holding her umbrella. We want that man. We want the man to be the concierge and the masseur and the travel booker. -- Sandra Tsing Loh
One of my earliest memories is seeing the bright blue, Epic 45 of Jackie Wilson singing 'Higher and Higher,' and I'd say, 'That one!' and my parents would play it every Sunday afternoon and we'd all get up and leap around the house. -- Bronagh Gallagher
The martial arts that I got into was because of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, because of all of the animal styles at the time. It was around about the time when Jackie was doing 'Drunken Master,' and, like, Snake versus this and that. -- Ray Park
There were days when I was literally running for hours in the forest and then I'd jump on a plane and then I'd be on the 'Nurse Jackie' set. I was going from Vancouver to New York every three days. For me, it was really invigorating. -- Peter Facinelli
Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan. -- Jackie Chan
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training. -- Jackie Chan
My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. That's the Jackie Chan diary. -- Jackie Chan
When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the audience. 'Oh, thank you, Jackie!' -- Jackie Chan
Jackie?" "It wasn't your fault. -- Tammara Webber
Sadly, the immortal Jackie Milburn died recently -- Cliff Morgan
When I was a kid, I loved Jackie Chan. -- Lucas Till
I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about. -- Janice Dickinson
In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever. -- Marion Jones
Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney. -- Phife Dawg
I read every biography [of Jackie Kennedy] I could get my hands on. -- Natalie Portman
Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's. -- Carlos Beltran
I was carrying Jackie Stewart's bag! Formula One was pretty much the same back then. -- Martin Sorrell
Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet. -- Van Morrison
I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Aristotle Onassis. -- Pierre Salinger
I wound up signing to RCA Victor as a trumpeter, guesting on shows like Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners. -- Frankie Avalon
My father was, like, the token bad white guy in all the old Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee films. -- Celina Jade
My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson. -- Eddie Murphy
We had a love-hate relationship. Jackie knew exactly what she could get out of one of my photos. -- Ron Galella
Jackie Chan, I've known him, he's a great guy. I know he's very watchable and fun. He's perfect, actually. -- Dolph Lundgren
I know what love is: Tracy and Hepburn, Bogart and Bacall, Romeo and Juliet, Jackie and John and Marilyn... -- Ian Shoales
I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. -- Ang Lee
I love 'Enter the Dragon,' and I love Japanese movies. I love Jackie Chan movies; they are my heroes. -- Rain
Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me. -- Pierre Salinger
I jack, I rob, I sin. Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson 'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen -- Jay-Z
I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7. -- Josh Gad
Jackie Kennedy was the most appropriately dressed first lady we've ever had. You can see how lasting Jackie's style is. -- Lynda Resnick
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What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics. -- Buddy Hackett
I'm inspired by my master's movie 'Kerd ma lui,' Bruce Lee's 'Fists of Fury,' and Jackie Chan's 'Police Story.' -- Tony Jaa
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I wake the dead. I bring Jackie Robinson and the Roosevelts to life. Who do you think Im trying to wake up? -- Ken Burns
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive. -- Lou Brock
Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them. -- Brett Ratner
I play the Father/Son every year on the PGA TOUR Champions. I split it between Jackie and Gary as my playing partners. -- Jack Nicklaus
This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton. -- Leo Durocher
There was never a man in the game who could put mind and muscle together quicker and with better judgment than (Jackie) Robinson. -- Branch Rickey
I was doing an hour drama on television and a Jackie Chan movie in Toronto, so I was on a plane every three days. -- Debi Mazar
I know that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have paved the way and they have been a source of inspiration. -- Allyson Felix
There's people saying that 'Jackie Brown' was a blaxploitation movie, when there's nothing at all blaxploitation about it other than Pam Grier being in it. -- Michael Jai White
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
It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can. -- Andre Holland
You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on. -- Bill Hicks
My personal style icon is Steve McQueen. My design style icon is a mix of everyone from Jackie O. to Lauren Hutton to my mother. -- Michael Kors
I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson. -- George Clinton
Each morning, before Jackie started her studies, she wrote on a clean piece of paper: Tarde venientibus ossa. To the latecomers are left the bones. -- Junot Diaz
I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues. -- Cheech Marin
I've done radio interviews about this movie [42]. I feel I'm a part of this movie, since I knew Jackie Robinson. I was at his first game. -- Larry King
What would you rather be, Jackie? Angry mad or crazy mad? I think I'd rather be crazy mad, because you can be crazy and still happy. -- Clare Vanderpool
Poirot: Do not allow Hate into your heart, for it will make a home there. Jackie: If Love cannot live there, Hate works just as well. -- Agatha Christie
I get called Jacqueline Bissette in America. In France, I get called Jackie Bisset. And actually, it is Jacqueline Bisset, which is not that easy to say. -- Jacqueline Bisset
It was a bit of a lark when I agreed to do [Smokey and the Bandit], and I knew we'd have fun if we could get Jackie Gleason. -- Burt Reynolds
I've met more than one person in their early 20s who has never heard of Jackie Onassis, though most girls have because she exists as a fashion icon. -- Lydia Leonard
He struck a mighty blow for equality, freedom and the American way of life. Jackie Robinson was a good citizen, a great man, and a true American champion. -- Ronald Reagan
Several children present me with scraps of paper for autographs: obviously don't know who I am and don't care. I sign "Jackie Collins" and they go away quite content. -- Robertson Davies
My dad was in a Beatles cover band. My mom wore Candies and belly buttons. The people in our family were very glamorous. They wore pearls like Jackie O. -- Azita Ghanizada
It's a mixed crowd at the dogs - black, white, hispanic - but to Walt they all look like Jackie Gleason. Heavyset guys with big plans and polyester souls. -- John Sayles
I noticed when I was driving around that they changed the name of the Interborough Parkway to the Jackie Robinson Parkway. And the Interborough family is very upset about this... -- Andy Kindler
Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit. -- Tracy Morgan
What I think is really great about this movie [42], that young people who weren't there will have a chance to have the visceral experience of what Jackie Robinson went through. -- Harrison Ford
[Formula One racing looking after Jackie Stewart in 1968] was not so intense and, yes, it was much more dangerous - what was definitely different back then was the level of safety. -- Martin Sorrell
Will I die slain like my King by a terrorist? Will my woman be Coretta, take my name and cherish it? Or will she Jackie O., drop the Kennedy, remarry it? -- Killer Mike
According to my sister Jackie, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept around. Absolutely not, I've divorced people for that -- Joan Collins
Someone, I was beginning to suspect, had a bit of a gangster complex. It wasn't really very hard to figure out who. I mean, I was guessing it wasn't Christopher's aunt Jackie. -- Meg Cabot
There is an incredible film, 42. It's the incredible story of Jackie Robinson. I have extolled the virtues of this movie to everyone I meet. I've given quotes to everyone I talk to. -- Larry King
They called to tell me that I was going to be returning to RAW. I left immediately to run home and tell Jackie. She said, I have some news for you-I'm expecting. -- Charlie Haas
I remember that Jackie [Stewart] was the first driver wearing flameproof underwear! What it definitely was: it was much more flamboyant. But that doesn't really make it better in my point of view. -- Martin Sorrell
When I were a young man, I used to play baseball and steal bases just like Jackie Robinson. If the empire would rule me out, I would get mad and hit the empire. -- Langston Hughes
Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a popular-vote majority. -- Timothy Noah
I feel like my name completely does not belong on that list [of great athlets], but I'm completely grateful for everything that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have done. -- Allyson Felix
I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you. -- Pee Wee Reese
My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage. -- Bruno Mars
There were, like, 20 of [Jackie Kennedy's biographies], which was interesting because they are not exactly high literature - they are pulpy.But the [Arthur] Schlesinger transcripts ended up being the most useful of anything. -- Natalie Portman
I like Jackie [Chan] because I've been a fan of Jackie's forever. He's broken every bone in his body for his commitment and dedication to doing his own stunts. So he's the real deal. -- Jason Statham
One take, so you better be ready and you better be good. One take and that was it. It was something that was spontaneous. Both Sid Caesar and Jackie Gleason was like that as well. -- Debbie Reynolds
The fact is he [John F.Kennedy] always had to have somebody around besides Jackie [Kennedy]. Whatever their relationship, he wanted company. I think it gets back to all those years in a hospital bed. -- Chris Matthews
As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!' -- Cheech Marin
I think one of the most important American films is Jackie Brown, which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the 90s. -- Arnaud Desplechin
I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example. -- Maurice Ashley
He (Jackie Robinson) was the greatest competitor I've ever seen. I've seen him beat a team with his bat, his ball, his glove, his feet and, in a game in Chicago one time, with his mouth. -- Duke Snider
Coretta Scott King was all about her pearl earrings. At one point, I'm wearing pearl earrings the size of golf balls. They're enormous! She was bold-she knew that she was the Jackie Kennedy of her community. -- Carmen Ejogo
I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played every day, not once a week. -- Hank Aaron
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
I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the '90s. -- Arnaud Desplechin
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My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.' -- Ariel Winter
There is no such thing as a good paparazzo. A good paparazzo, that's a paparazzo who has had his camera broken. In fact, they are bandits, thieves of photography. (Statement after photographs were published showing Jackie Onassis sunbathing nude.) -- Federico Fellini

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