Joanna Lumley Quotes
I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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Life doesn't stop with football.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise.
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Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
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I realize how unique my path has been. And I'm thankful for that.
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I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and every break-up was the 'Worst Thing That Had Ever Happened.'
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The terrorist attacks of 9/11 briefly disrupted celebrations of a world globalised by capital and consumption.
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Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.
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Nos lois civiles ne seront jamais assez souples pour s'adapter à l'immense et fluide variété des faits. Elles changent moins vite que les moeurs; dangereuses quand elles retardent sur celles-ci, elles le sont davantage quand elles se mêlent de les précéder.
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I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
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What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common; and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate.
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Half of the people in this room are more dressed up than on any other day in the year, and the other half are more dressed down.
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I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.
