Jo Brand Quotes
We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich.
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I don't like controversy.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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It's always cool to go to different places and see what's really out there in the world.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
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There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising.
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I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception.
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Fans want real songs, they want real experiences, and they want real instruments.
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What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.
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The double bind lowers its boom on women in positions of authority, so those who haven't yet risen to such positions have not yet felt its full weight.
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The Brexit thing to me just looks like a difference of opinion. I know things were lied about, but that should be a wake-up call to get all the information before you vote about something. Educate yourself.
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We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens. I'm prepared to put up with that accusation, because at least my feet aren't killing me and I don't look like a bandy ostrich.
