Miranda Richardson (Miranda Jane Richardson) Quotes
My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.
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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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I'm not angry, I'm not an angry person, but I do sometimes like playing with the perception of anger, as in pretending that I'm more angry than I actually am, and sometimes it works quite well.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
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Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share of false certainty or dogmatism. I'm really concerned when I see people pretending to know things they clearly cannot know.
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Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.
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I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let four people dressed in black stand together on the playground.
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A guy may wear a suit and have a high-paying job and appear very mature, but essentially, he's a 14-year-old boy.
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It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a great skill to go from screen to stage.
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I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.
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Sometimes your characters in films do things that you wouldn't do. You're not playing yourself all the time.
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It is not possible to manage life and maintain homeostatic balance without data on the current state of the organism’s body.”9 Damasio calls these housekeeping areas of the brain the “proto-self,” because they create the “wordless knowledge” that underlies our conscious sense of self.
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My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.
