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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You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.
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Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom.
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My whole deal is I want to have a principle-based, member-driven caucus.
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The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.
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Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.
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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.
