I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I’ve always loved horses so it was part of my dream that I was able to fulfill to have horses.
BO DEREKIt’s so easy to conform and to follow. It’s very difficult to be rebellious and live by what you believe is right. And to make decisions and to take the consequences. Very few people do.
More Bo Derek Quotes
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He’s just fun, so much fun. I’m very happy now.
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It is inconceivable that, in the richest nation in the world, we have 30 million people at risk of hunger. I believe that, if we truly make a commitment as a nation, we can defeat hunger.
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When you trust your director completely, then you can relax, be spontaneous, be malleable.
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We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.
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I love Spain. I go back two or three times a year usually to visit friends and ride horses.
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In California, I guess you belong to the state; you don’t even belong to your parents. It’s an old Spanish law. It doesn’t require your parents to swear out a complaint; anybody can.
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I was alone for five years. Having a love is a gigantic bonus in life, but I wasn’t unhappy when I was single, either.
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I travel a lot. A lot, a lot. I don’t have a single passport that doesn’t have extra pages on it.
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There’s an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures.
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My mother was working a lot, so she was gone often. I would leave school and hitchhike to the beach. I can’t believe I hitchhiked now. It scares me to death now.
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I’m getting to the place where I can sort of go through airports now and there’s no hysteria. I can go places alone even. But at the same time, if you get in trouble, you can find somebody in your age group who might recognize you.
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It’s so easy to conform and to follow. It’s very difficult to be rebellious and live by what you believe is right. And to make decisions and to take the consequences. Very few people do.
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I think a high school girl hitchhiking is stupid. It was dangerous then and it’s dangerous now.
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I think a lot of my girlfriends growing up gave themselves up to any boy who paid attention to them. I think young women now are a lot more particular. They pick and choose.
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Horses are a symbol of America and can be marketed that way overseas.
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