Cressida Cowell Quotes
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I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!
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All creative people have to have vulnerability because those nuances are what move people. So I'm deeply insecure - but I'm good at hiding it.
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There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.
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A European army must protect the continent from two sides, from the east and from the south, in terms of protecting against terrorism and migration.
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For some reason, many designers are in fashion, but they don't love women. I love women, and I follow my clients on Instagram.
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I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.
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The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.
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There's a lot of magic involved in movies that as a child I really appreciated. So I love bringing my son to set. It reminds me of what I loved doing as a child, and also, as an actor, you have a lot of down time.
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All I wanted was to be a university teacher.
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If the theory turns out to be right, that will be tremendously thick and tasty icing on the cake.
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I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.
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The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin showed me 'Small Change,' and I just couldn't get over that this was a white guy singing.
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My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.
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With 'Broadcast News,' it became a non-issue, and with 'The Piano,' it became a non-issue. Both parts were written for more statuesque women. It was nice to change people's minds about that, because that's neither here nor there.
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The Supper is still singing.
