Gemma Whelan Quotes
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Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.
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I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.
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As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and in the most subtle responses of a performer when I'm more than a few rows back. I find it very frustrating.
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I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!
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Homosexuals are riding high in the media.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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In Mexico, audiences want to see a big discussion around a film - what we expect from Hollywood films worldwide is more of an entertaining show. 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' was a road movie and comedy, but it had a very strong political connotation that sparked a discussion in Mexico that is still going on.
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I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
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If you must get rid of a roach, use mechanical control.
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The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.
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I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.
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When I was growing up, I thought I was getting bored of acting, so I left that. Then after a few years, I started missing it. I left my studies mid-way, and I used to give lots of auditions.
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Over the years, we settled into American life and embraced it fully. But having come from a different culture, I didn't know the boundaries of American culture. Which is that, as a girl, you didn't play football or soccer at lunch with the boys, and to be cool, you didn't get into math Olympiad.
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Not all Muslims wish to express themselves in public through a communal religious identity. Identities are multiple, and some may wish to speak instead just as citizens in their professional capacity, through their political party, or their neighborhood body.
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I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to cook, I'll just read a cookbook.
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Innocence is indeed a glorious thing; but, unfortunately, it does not keep very well and is easily led astray.
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When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
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In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons.
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There's so many people doing interesting things with the Internet and technology, there could be so many ways of making music and listening to it.
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In every aspect of life, I consider myself incredibly fortunate.
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Brilliant documentaries are about so much more than their subject.
