Shirley Henderson Quotes
Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.
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I think Shakespeare really got it. He was the first one to introduce psychology to villains and give them a real point of view.
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
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While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation.
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Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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I've been around the track a lot. I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back.
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I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier.
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I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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Not many of my friends I had from college are playing in this league. Everybody knows it's a privilege, so you definitely don't knock it because you never know where you may end up.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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I'm not to be confused with Natasha Henstridge in 'Species,' where I just emerge out of the weird alien womb looking amazing. I really rely heavily on my black outfits and my gold chains to give me sort of a thing.
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I know who in the family is a great cook. I know where the great recipes are.
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I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.
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A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
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Stand-up is not just an American thing anymore. It's global. In some places, stand-up comedy is brand new. South Africa has only had a scene for 15 years.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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I am still learning, myself, but I guess I would say to be aware of what is around you. Do not expect anything; there is more to be gained by earning it. Work hard, play fair, be kind to all living creatures, and take a moment to just sit back and breathe.
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The really heroic thing about Nick Hornby is that he lives in north London and rarely leaves it... Every English writer needs their corner that is forever England - but only a few brave men choose to make that corner Highbury.
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Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
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Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.
