Ruby Wax Quotes
You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast.
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I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' And I was like, 'You mean move it? Okay, sorry, I guess we're not going to work together.'
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Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.
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But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time. The style of filmmaking and the performances... you don't feel like you're watching a film.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
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It Nobel Peace Prize is a great recognition and honour for millions of children in the world. I hope many more people will join the fight against child slavery. This isn't just about India. It's a global phenomenon. We'll work for this globally. I've been working in 147 countries and my responsibility is with all the world's children.
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A man being sued after a woman has more sex than intended is like Lay’s being sued after someone has more potato chips than intended. In brief, date rape can be a crime, a misunderstanding, or buyer’s remorse.
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Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.
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That's part of show business: the moving.
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Everybody has parents. As a dramatist, whenever you write a character, you must write their parents as well, even if the parents aren't there.
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Having grown up in Iceland and Los Angeles, gone to school in Europe and America, and lived and worked in London and New York, my insatiable appetite for travel has informed many of my life decisions.
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If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.
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Conservation destroys the present. If we are only busy preserving the past, we are not living in the present and unable to look forward. I am against conservation. We should let young people move forward, whether we agree with them or not. We should let new things happen.
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I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are.
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The urge to run, the restlessness.The heart of stone I sometimes get.The things I've done for foolish pride.The me that's never satisfied.That face that's in the mirror.When I don't like what I see.I guess that's just the cowboy in me.
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How we educate the mind will change with the times; how we cultivate the heart is and will remain timeless.
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I am what I amI am my own special creationSo come take a lookGive me the hook or the ovationIt's my world that I want to have a little pride inMy world and it's not a place I have to hide inLife's not worth a damn till you can sayHey world I am what I am.
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You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast.
