Joan Severance Quotes
I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling.
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I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.
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There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I've done every job under the sun, from busing tables, temping, and working in factories to SAT prep and detailing cars. So to be able to make a living where all I do is write is absolutely liberating.
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When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show's creators think, 'Oh my god, he's so English, why did we hire him?'
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It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.'
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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
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When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.
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I didn't fall into the category of the 'classic Bond girl.' I had short hair - and no Bond girl before me ever had. They put me in a wig at the beginning of the film, and then had my character cut her hair to pretend to be someone else. That was to explain why my hair was short.
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I was 7 years old when I began composing. I began composing, improvising at the piano, the usual story.
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I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.
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When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me.
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I've been really fortunate to go from series to series to series.
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Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing.
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A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.
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Well, yeah, sometimes I get a little too creative.
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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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Every dog has its day, dogAnd today, dog, just ain't yours.
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I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling.
