Miriam Margolyes Quotes
Life, if you're fat is a minefield--you have to pick your way, otherwise you blow up.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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My full name is E.G. Marshall. I am known by no other.
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There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
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Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.
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One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.
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I am not alone. I am free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody, I don't have to be a first to anybody. I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.
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I use a note-taking system I learned in history class in eleventh grade.
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There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?
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Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.
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I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
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All early entrepreneurs fall prey to the same problem, which is everyone believes that if you are super intense in the beginning, work long hours, that you can create something quickly and that entrepreneurship is almost something that happens overnight.
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Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a character, but I fall in love with the character. It's like having faith; you're going to be that person for a while.
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My song 'Saved:' that's EDM-vibes with some L.A. vibes.
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The majority of advertising agency creatives are creative people, but we've disciplined ourselves to think within traditional formats. I want to change that.
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I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world right now, it's just good to go to a movie where you don't have to think too hard, just have a good time, and relax and be crazy.
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The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.
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You can put me in the basement or the penthouse; it doesn't matter to me.
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Information technology is a formidable enabler of freedoms. For example, it lowers barriers to freedom of expression and allows people to get a better grasp of their lives. It should not be used to reduce the freedom of people.
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The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.
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High school is such an awkward, difficult time, and I think a lot of people can't wait to explore the world because it's such a bubble.
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You see, to tall men I'm a midget, and to short men I'm a giant; to the skinny ones I'm a fat man, and to the fat ones I'm a thin man.
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Life, if you're fat is a minefield--you have to pick your way, otherwise you blow up.
