Gemma Jones Quotes
Young women are still looking for a prince on a white charger to come over the hill or for Mr. Rochester to appear. We all pretend we're right-on feminists, but underneath that, there's still the bedrock of romance.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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In our experience, what we have found is the rare commodity is a good management team. And good management teams manage through good and bad cycles and manage to grow their business over a long period of time.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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I've still got the same friends that I grew up with, I still go to the same places that I used to go to when I was younger, and it's just a very special place to me. I'm still very proud to call Iowa home.
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We don't see many films in which someone with schizophrenia is the main character.
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When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the most hits. I'm also the player with the most at bats and the most outs. I never said I was a greater player than Cobb.
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A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.
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When Warren Buffett invests in a company, he is conferring upon that company something very unique: his credibility.
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Young women are still looking for a prince on a white charger to come over the hill or for Mr. Rochester to appear. We all pretend we're right-on feminists, but underneath that, there's still the bedrock of romance.
