Tamsin Greig Quotes
Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
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The movie business is a big gamble.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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You keep taking note of whatever confirms your ideas-better to write down what refutes and weakens them!
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People have been wonderful to me in the good times and the bad, and I've come to believe that you do indeed reap what you sow. For those who constantly gripe about life, I turn and walk away. For those who speak negatively about people behind their backs, I move on.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful.
