Amelia Fiona "Minnie" Driver (Minnie Driver) Quotes
When the time came to begin I was so completely terrified that my legs turned numb.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.
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Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
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Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable just saying what I thought and getting my point across.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every 'Idol' winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.
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We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of the Cold War - and nothing happened. So deterrence does work.
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But, what we need to get out of the first EVA is to have the arm completely unfolded and powered so that they can keep the temperature under control. That will really the call of the first EVA.
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We are not bearing our crosses every time we have a headache; an aspirin tablet will take care of that. What is meant is the trouble we would not have if we were not Christians.
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My ideas I can find anywhere. And I draw because I have to note down my ideas or flashes - I call them flashes, because they come to me, like that. Not so much in the plant drawings. I have to see them.
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That is what thrills me, personally. Small acts of kindness; thoughtful, large acts of kindness. I feel like we're in a bit of a precipice, and I think that any beautiful energy on the kindness continuum will just help us fall into a lovelier place.
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The first time I went to New York, it was really exciting, and I thought, given half the chance, it would be nice to live there - the same with London.
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When the time came to begin I was so completely terrified that my legs turned numb.
