Miranda Richardson (Miranda Jane Richardson) Quotes
Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go.
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Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.
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My generation were all careerists.
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Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! … By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, ravenous as he once was, has done comparatively little mischief.
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There are a lot of actors out there who don't have an arena to present their stuff.
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People are attracted to entertainment, for sure, or jokes, excitement and romantically heightened stories that might be false, but are still attractive fantasies.
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Men and women are both humans, so, for me, that makes my characters and the work that I do human stories.
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I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which is just code for white.
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But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now.
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People used to call me names, so my mom had this beautiful African lady come talk to me.
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It wasn't until I was 23 and got married to a guy who was really bookish that I got completely hooked on reading and writing again. He had so many paperbacks, I didn't have to buy a book for four and a half years.
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What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning.
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I'm not a method actor; I hope you know that!
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I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything.
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The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.
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We must rejoice when love is great, and pardon its excess, for love is the staff of life, and life without love is life in vain.
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I thought I was going to be hired as a contributor, but 'The Daily Show' was like, 'Nah, it's an election year, we want you to come over here and work full-time.'
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I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.
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She's not even referred to until her husband's death in 1903. And even then it's only as 'Mrs. William Dewey.
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Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go.
