Felicity Jones Quotes
I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at all to the local people. But now, finance has become just as important to them as it is to us, and this is a change maybe not for the better.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
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If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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All these things that enter your head are assignments. You write them up and then throw them out there and if someone wants to do it, your assignment is done.
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I can't wait to get my face lifted but my husband says, 'No, don't do it.' I think if it makes you feel better, go for it, but it would be nice if it looked good. There are a lot of people out there who are disasters and you think, 'Why did you do that?'
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There are cultural reasons, economic competitiveness reasons. There are a lot of reasons why people are in poverty. The difference today is that increasingly they are in perpetual poverty.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
