Jennifer Hyman Quotes
It's amazing how much misinformation there is about pregnancy and how many myths are still ingrained into our culture.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.
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I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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Well, I always think the worst things are going to happen here, because I'm - basically inside, I'm a bad person, and so the bad kind of takes over.
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Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.
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I don't know if I'm relentlessly cheerful... more consistently relaxed.
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One good man,Oh ain’t much, honey ain’t much,It’s only everything...
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Before we had the Internet, I organized a fax campaign against the first Iraq war. We blasted faxes to the hotel where James Baker and Tariq Aziz were having their final meeting before the two sides went to war. Much more recently, I co-founded Avaaz and Get Up, which inspired the creation of Purpose.
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We could see that he was a charismatic guy who jumps over the moon and is very competitive, but nobody could have predicted what he would become to our culture.
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The thought of me not having to clock in for a job anymore is something that I can't really put into words, aside from 'amazing' and 'awesome.'
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It's amazing how much misinformation there is about pregnancy and how many myths are still ingrained into our culture.
