Katherine Boo Quotes
When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that's not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure.
Quotes to Explore
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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.
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The punishment of shaving a woman's head had biblical origins. In Europe, the practice dated back to the Dark Ages with the Visigoths.
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When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that's not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure.
