Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes
I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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I was not the pampered baby, no. I'm five years younger, and my parents were actually very strict with me, more strict than with the other ones.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
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People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.
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My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage rebellion or the anger at him. I never experienced those feelings as a young person.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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If you just give somebody a blank check without any deliverables associated with that, you're not going to get the improvements that you want to get.
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I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.
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Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
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Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
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It's all about progression, not getting stuck and about having aspirations, which can lead you to do more and not just be satisfied. I was always that way about my dancing, and that's how I am about whatever it is I tend to pursue.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
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There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.
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I only get involved with projects as a producer if I feel creatively inspired.
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Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be.
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To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.
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I was doing some research on menstruation for a column. I read about Arunachalam Muruganantham's life and work, and his story gripped me, and that is when I sat down, wrote the first few pages, and sent them off to my editor to have a look.
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I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.
