Tarja Halonen Quotes
The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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Every season, I'm like, 'Who knows if I'm going to get another job?'
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I'm an awful driver. I'm not going to lie about it. I'm not a good driver. I tried for a long time to pretend that I was. There's a lot of road rage and a lot of times it's directed at something I've done on the road.
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The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.
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Women in Islamic countries are exposed to male domination as a rule rather than as an exception... If anyone protests... as I have done, you are sure to be branded as a witch... What I demand is freedom for women from male domination and a uniform code... It that can be construed as blasphemy, I cannot help it.
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It was Homaira and me against the world. ... In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.
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I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.
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The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.
