Felicity Jones Quotes
Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.
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We all have stories for a reason, and if we keep them to ourselves, I don't feel they would help anybody.
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Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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I like risky stuff.
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I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.
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If you can make a character likable that's not very nice, that's the challenge of the job.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
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I didn't feel very attractive as a child and actually I wasn't.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
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Growth should take care of the fear of job losses. People will be challenged to do different things. For people who are not up to it, purely based on objective assessment, that's a different issue, which, you do it anyway.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
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I have to remind myself when I'm on a job and I'm feeling a lull in attitude or confidence or whatever, I'm there for a reason. I have to constantly remind myself of these almost corny Pinterest mantras, like 'You are worthy.'
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You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
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Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work.
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My job is not to give you all the answers. My job is to ask the questions.
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I don't have a day job, so I read any time of day.
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Being a magician taught me how powerful the element of surprise can be. In each book, I've tried to work that in - an unexpected twist in a story that reveals an insight, a counter intuitive study that turns your beliefs upside-down.
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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent, I was drawn mainly to Criminal law and Evidence classes. A just-beginning writer, I would find an empty chair and listen, mesmerized, to the lectures.
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Dating a creative pushes me to think outside the box.
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Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.
