Sue Townsend (Susan Lillian Townsend) Quotes
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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I go home, and I'm a blob. I just lay there and don't do anything - lay by the pool with the other husbands while the wives work. It's fantastic. It's really good. That's kind of our life at home.
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There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.
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Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Misanthropy is born, I think, out of an almost oppressive sense of loneliness, a conviction that there's no one on earth who understands you. I don't think misanthropes hate people: They hate that people hate them.
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I like the idea of working my way up. I don't feel impatient to immediately jump into something that could literally bring down a studio if I don't do it well.
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The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
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I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role. I choose a lot of greens, proteins, and fats, and I like to be really active.
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Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want.
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The poet is the priest of the invisible.
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I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.
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I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful.
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I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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Love is the only thing that keeps me sane.
