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If we didn't have the fifth penny, our road and street maintenance and construction would come to a screeching halt. We wouldn't be able to patch potholes.


Jackie Smith

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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 When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
JACKIE CHAN I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid.
JACKIE CHAN Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.
JACKIE CHAN Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
JACKIE CHAN My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.
JACKIE CHAN If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.
JACKIE CHAN My schedule goes: wake up, running, exercise, downstairs, running shoes off, then to the shower. Tha...
JACKIE CHAN I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
JACKIE CHAN I want to be in 'Avatar'. I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or S...
JACKIE CHAN Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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