Celia Imrie (Celia Diana Savile Imrie) Quotes
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My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.
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Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.
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I feel like I personally have been lucky.
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I have been Fat Joe since I was a kid. It's always been my name and always will be.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
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I'm a fast writer.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off.
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When my children say, 'In the future, Mummy, will things get better or worse for humanity?' I say: 'Who knows, since Amy Winehouse died. It's all in the air now. Eat your broccoli.'
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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I've become very, very liberal as far as war is concerned. It's just too terrible. I've been to wars and I've seen what happens. I know what it is to be hurt, and it's nothing compared to these guys. To be blind for the rest of your life. To have prosthetic limbs.
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Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being older, just having a more balanced perspective. I wake up and realise that what seemed to be important last year no longer is. I'm increasingly grateful for every day.
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When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
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I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.
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Privacy and encryption work, but it's too easy to make a mistake that exposes you.
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A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
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God grants victory to perseverance.
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Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me.
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By acting in a positive, pleasant and optimistic way, you become a positive, optimistic and enjoyable person.
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Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.
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Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.
