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		It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when you're young and shy, making people laugh is a good way to make friends. It's an instant connection.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paul Merton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Marsan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Winslet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My feeling is, I do a lot of low-budget films. I don't do low-budget acting. I have no interest in just goofballing my way through, thinking, 'Ah, no one's ever going to see this anyway.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lance Henriksen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cam Newton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edie Falco 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian K. Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olga Kurylenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamsin Egerton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Becky Lynch 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am one who believes that the market, properly incentivized, can consistently outperform government regulation on achieving objectives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is better to be looked over than overlooked. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mae West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I'm putting some communication out on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, I think that it's helping me, my brain, you know, because it's always somehow stimulated by people who are sending things to me. And it works both ways. It's great. My brain is very happy about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yoko Ono 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		In many ways, anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors Donald Trump himself because, at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government or ideas of personal character - only a free-floating nihilism cloaked in insult, mockery, and bombast. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Charlie Sykes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is nothing wrong with Radha Ravi calling women to his office. There's nothing wrong if a man calls women to his office. There is something wrong if a man calls men to his office. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Radha Ravi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A good designer has a lot in common with a good researcher. Both hunt for excellence and perfection. And you have to really focus on the details, and you don't really know what the final result will be before you have it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				May-Britt Moser 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vince Lombardi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every single sport works out your body in a different way, and you can almost point out their bodies - like, that's a swimmer, that's a football player. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jessie James Decker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when you're young and shy, making people laugh is a good way to make friends. It's an instant connection. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paul Merton