David Thewlis Quotes
That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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Modesty is good. But not when it comes at the cost of honesty.
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I've never returned to the locations. I do remember certain days more clearly than others and certain locations with a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps one day, I'll bring my daughter to see them, if she's interested.
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I wrote my first novel when my daughter was about six months old.
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My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.
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Different races never fazed me because coming from Bethnal Green, I'd been around people of different races forever. Different class? That was much harder.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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My voice has always been kind of distinct - even when I was four years old, my mom told me that people would be like, 'Why does your daughter always sound like a chain smoker?' I've always had this deep, raspy voice.
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When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
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My daughter loves singing above all else.
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I have been attacked in Turkey more for my interviews than for my books. Political polemicists and columnists do not read novels there.
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I grew up a daughter of a United States Marine, a daughter of a man so proud to be an American.
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'Beauty Queen' is the weirdest, strangest, and most perfect play to do before 'Hedda Gabler', because there are so many similar issues for Maureen and Hedda. I had played leading ladies before but couldn't really hook into them. After 'An American Daughter' and 'Beauty Queen', I had all the ballast.
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I have a daughter who I love very much, I hire women, I've worked with women, I've never had an issue with women.
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Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.
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My background is putting in large systems that change lives... The right kind of systems can bring honesty and efficiency.
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If you think something's funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty.
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Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.
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For ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty.
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I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old.
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Charles Blow's memoir 'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' was a breathtaking piece of writing.
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That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing.
