Helen McCrory Quotes
As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it.
Quotes to Explore
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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Accomplish something every day of your life.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.
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I don't really go out at all.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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The first thing I went out for was 'The Sopranos' and I got it, so that's how it happened. I hate to say it like that because I wait for calls now.
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My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.
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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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When students have thanked me in the past for being their teacher, I have always felt that it was actually my love for the art of teaching they were speaking to.
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I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
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People often call 'If I Stay' my baby novel, and I have to correct them. It's not my first book. It's just the first one anybody paid attention to.
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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I want to have a normal high-school experience.
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And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.
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You don't know who you will fall in love with. You just don't. You don't control it. Some people have certain things, like, 'That's what I'm going for,' and I have a subjective version of that. I don't pressure myself … If you fall in love with someone, you want to own them - but really, why would you want that? You want them to be what you love. I'm much too young to even have an answer for that question.
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I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.
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As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it.
