Imelda Staunton Quotes
I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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I love babies. I love being pregnant and I loved giving birth.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I'm liberal on every social aspect, probably. More liberal than people would even believe. But there's still some of that Texas in me, as far as the gun debate. I wish there were no guns; I'm all for gun restrictions. But I'm also of the mind-set, if nothing changes, I'm getting a gun.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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I think that talented people really do have insecurities, and that is one of the things that kind of motivates them, because that's one thing they know they're good at. And when they're up on that stage, you can do no wrong. The audience is yours; they're there to see you.
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The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
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I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.
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The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it.
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I may have more than one friend with benefits. It's very healthy for the heart. I think no matter how old you are - and I am pretty up there in terms of numbers - I think you should do whatever makes you happy.
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What was most important, for me, is that I could share what I experience as a young person - in particular, what impact incarceration and policing had on my life and my family's life.
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The celebration... you cannot practice it or anything. It's a moment when the excitement of your goal make you react to the moment.
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I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.
