Joan Hickson Quotes
Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers from your inflammatory words, thoughts, and images.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I'd love to play a Bond villain. Yeah, I'd love to play a Bond villain. Everyone always says this to me; they always say, 'You've got to be a Bond villain', 'We're going to make you a Bond villain...' But they've never, ever approached me, I've never had a whiff of it. I think I'd love to play a Bond villain; I'd have great fun.
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Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?
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Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.
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I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird.
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I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story.
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I did a play in high school, then one in college. My first professional experience was off-off-Broadway. I'm conveniently blocking the title. I'm sure I was terrible.
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Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.
