Shirley Henderson Quotes
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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In America, to be ID'd - sorted, tagged, and permanently filed - is to lose a bit of one's soul. To die a little. This sounds like a subtle, poetic notion. It's not. In American legal and cultural tradition, one essential privilege of citizenship is not having to prove it on demand.
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One Tweet can be heard 'round the world if the right people retweet it and the right people notice it on their feeds.
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I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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There's a lot of girls out there that can relate to me. They can look at me and see themselves a little bit. There's a lot of girls out there that have a tougher side to them. I just think that people are really grown and attracted to that, and that's why people like to see me fight.
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Integrating breakthrough technology into everyday products is always a challenge; at the same time, this is exactly how design makes tech products easily adoptable in life.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it at the same time because I can read a book in a day.
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I think that when you make yourself vulnerable, the thing that you do next is better. It's not like you have to inflict pain on yourself in order to make yourself better, but I think it helps. The thing that bonds you to a new friend isn't that you went to a really fun party; it's 'cause you had a really weird, sad conversation.
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Maybe the Burberry woman is undefinable! I think it's less about what she looks like and more about an attitude.
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Punishment is justice for the unjust.
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Destiny has always been something that interested me as a subject, but not in a fatalistic way because I believe that one can transform destiny through self-knowledge.
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I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - just think of an incurable disease such as an inoperable cancer - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Well, let me tell you, if you're 45, had three children and are post-menopausal, you're not going to weigh what you did the day you graduated from high school. Get that out of your head. That's a media-driven ideal that you're never going to healthfully obtain.
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Children are resilient and strong with powerful spirits.
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The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.
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I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.
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The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship.
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I don't have children, but we all want to protect whatever we love in life.
