Lea Thompson Quotes
I mostly played 'Pac-Man', but I played 'The Sims' with my kids when they were growing up.
Quotes to Explore
-
Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
-
Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
-
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
-
Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
-
Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day.
-
I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
-
I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.
-
An improv team would have eight guys and one woman; that was still pretty standard. If you were a woman improviser, it was actually kind of an advantage because, if you were halfway decent, you'd get a lot more stage time.
-
I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference.
-
I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
-
I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
-
If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
-
What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
-
One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
-
As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
-
Grace can and does have a history.
-
I'm a television junkie.
-
The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
-
When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
-
Decentralisation is controversial - but that's fine. We should be fearless about having a debate.
-
If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.
-
Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear.
-
God has formed the soul and body of the Virgin Mary full of the Holy Spirit, so that she is without all sins, for she has conceived and borne the Lord Jesus.
-
I mostly played 'Pac-Man', but I played 'The Sims' with my kids when they were growing up.
