Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.
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I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.
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I drive a Yukon Flex Fuel, and there's baby seats in the back.
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A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.
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I very much admire Uri Ariel. I think he's a man of principles, and effective, and I love him.
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When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.
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Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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I just wrapped a new show for Amazon called 'Transparent.'
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The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.
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There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.
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My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.
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The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.
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We've done a couple of women's mags, but we tend to talk about feminism and women in the industry, which I feel more comfortable talking about. It's a more valuable discussion than, 'Oh, you're a girl in a band. What hair conditioner do you use?' I use hair conditioner, and I like talking about it. But I don't want that to be the question.
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I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go.
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The flaws you see in others are actually a reflection of yourself.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.