Michelle Gomez Quotes
I'm not scheduling my entire life to death in order to be able do the work I've got to do. So at the moment I'm quite happy.
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
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I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.
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I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and an actor. Most people know me as a singer, but I am also an actor.
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I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
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We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.
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I think we've shot scenes from every angle directors can think of to make it look like different villages. I've directed a couple shows on that set and believe me, it's impossible not to duplicate some camera angles.
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He will regard his people's cry, the widow's tear, the orphan's moan.
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I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.
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Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.
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Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something.
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I'm not scheduling my entire life to death in order to be able do the work I've got to do. So at the moment I'm quite happy.
