Karen Gillan Quotes
I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
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When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.
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Take your average couscous salad, and it's almost always a sloppy mush, no matter how much attention has gone into getting flavours in there.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.
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He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.
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My Christian Louboutins are also one of the secrets to my not-for-profit success. Here's why - and it's something that everyone who manages employees, whether in a for-profit business or a not-for-profit, should keep in mind: A little extravagance goes a long way.
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I love doing theater. It's what I grew up in and is my roots. I get a huge fulfillment from it. But if my path is to go someplace else, hey, I'm there.
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I don't know how much love David felt - I suspect very little. My main appeal to him was as a nurse, cook, housekeeper, creative ally, and business adviser.
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I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.
