Imelda Staunton Quotes

I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego.

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• Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard.

  

  Mahmoud Abbas
  • People
  • World
  • Believe

• I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Love
  • Happy
  • Silence

• If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.

  

  Victoria Wood
  • People
  • Stand
  • Treat

• Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • People
  • Different
  • Live

• Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Up
  • Girl
  • Growing

• As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Long
  • Man
  • Way

• Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • World
  • Freedom
  • Voice

• Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.

  

  Lars von Trier
  • Life
  • Everything
  • Filmmaking

• I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all.

  

  Pat Nixon
  • Work
  • Job
  • Opportunities

• The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Heaven
  • Religion
  • Bible

• When a project has an ample budget, I am interested now in using bigger units of materials.

  

  Yoshio Taniguchi
  • Project
  • Materials
  • Budget

• We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • You
  • Road
  • Grand Canyon

• It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • Funny
  • Kind
  • Dark

• My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • People
  • Country
  • Mind

• In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Important
  • Peace
  • Democracy

• I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.

  

  Natalie Merchant
  • Mind
  • Control
  • Media

• A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Plan
  • Employees
  • Edge

• I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Home
  • Stress
  • Natural

• We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.

  

  Jimmy Carter
  • Church
  • State
  • Separation

• It's quite a traumatic thing for a lot of our veterans that come back... You're in a war zone, you're dodging IED's and bullets one day and a couple days later you're back in society again with a bunch of people that have no idea of what you've been through.

  

  Charlie Daniels
  • People
  • War
  • Society

• I guess I did a couple of things when I was a kid, but they weren't really acting - I think I walked down a corridor or something. Then I didn't want to do it at all. I got into it because both my parents were actors and so I went with the flow. Then I said, "I can't handle this, I don't like auditioning." I still hate auditioning, but it's less painful then it was back then.

  

  A Fine Frenzy
  • Thinking
  • Kids
  • Hate

• When I was 16 or 17, when I started, I never even considered not doing a project. I just wanted to work.

  

  Penelope Cruz
  • Work

• I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • Couple
  • Stage
  • Ego