Katarina Johnson-Thompson Quotes
Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.

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When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.
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I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester. They're both exactly as big as they need to be. I can't be doing with an ostentatious, big house - you can only be in one room at a time.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Socialism requires that government becomes your god.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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I like to discover new things.
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material.
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Break in the hands of God, He'll unbreak you. Break in the hands of people, you'll remain forever broken. Break to no one, your heart will remain hard.
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To use tragedy to sow division is the hallmark of a despot.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.