Missy Peregrym Quotes
I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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I usually say I left puberty at 58.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an author isn't the right career for you.
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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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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 don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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The single best thing we can do is expand competition. Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. If you want to expand access, what you want to do is increase choices and drive down cost.
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I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.
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I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.
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The good romances are as good as anything.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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The real problem is that there's a tendency to associate ageing with loss and decline and things that aren't desirable. But experiencing all that there is to experience in life - whether that's at the age of ten or thirty or fifty or eighty - is what life is all about.
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My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.
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Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.
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I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.
