Joanna Lumley Quotes
All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.
Quotes to Explore
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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What I think I learned from working on 'Moonlight' is you see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
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The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.
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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'
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Unfortunately, I like to feel a little stubble when I kiss. Women are too soft.
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I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.
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When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play.
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When I'm wearing too-high heels and swaying my hips, I do that Sharon Stone kind of thing - she has the sexiest walk, a New York cool thing that throws you back.
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A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
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We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.
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Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor - but they have few followers now.
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The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that might be one role the poet has.
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My comedy isn't about being attractive - it's about how the bar of dumb seems so low right now, and I desperately want to raise the bar of dumb just a tiny bit.
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All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.
