Natascha McElhone Quotes
I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
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You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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When I'm governor, we're not going to be silent like Bruce Rauner. Illinois will be a firewall against Donald Trump's destructive and bigoted agenda.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
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I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities.
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I'm not concerned that my stuff isn't extreme. I don't want to be heavy. I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and a positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it.
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I grew up with my stepfather in Brighton, but I did spend a lot of time with my natural father, and I was loved by both, so I suppose the advantage of this was that I wasn't bound by one set of experiences; I always had an alternative.
