Ruby Wax Quotes
Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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In terms of me being a Christian, going to Israel was really cool. Going to the West Bank, Bethlehem, floating in the Dead Sea - that was great for me.
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When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
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Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.
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I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million more and hire Alec or Billy? If you want me to do it, this is what you get.
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The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.
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Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.
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I'm really not that good at Guitar Hero!
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I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.
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You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.
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I've never had anyone just stick their hands through my hair. Yet. If they ask, I go, 'OK, you can, if you want to. It's probably just going to feel like most people's.' I take it as a compliment.
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If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.
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Liberty is security. Freedom is security.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Quiet and incredible. I really envy that.
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It will be readily admitted that brown tints have never coursed beneath our skin; it will be discovered that yellow shines forth in our flesh, that red blazes, and that green, blue and violet dance upon it with untold charms, voluptuous and caressing.
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Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it.
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When you're competing, you have to wear a sleeve that goes all the way down to your wrist. When you're training, you usually don't wear long-sleeved leotards, so there's a difference between training and competing.
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Immigrants and foreigners have always been an indispensable part of our country, including its great record in scientific research.
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Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.
