Lisa Jewell Quotes
Whenever I watch any kind of competition, my immediate reaction when they call out the name of the winner is to look at the loser.
Quotes to Explore
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
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I was born in Iran, which has a predominantly Muslim population, and I have relatives who are devout Muslims, so I know what it means to be judged based on your appearance and what you're wearing. But your ethnicity and your clothing do not define who you are.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women. It's important for people not to make celebrities their source of who they should be in life. I can't take on the pressure of being perfect. Nobody is.
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Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.
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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
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I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.
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There's so many documentaries out there right now and everything's exposing wrestling.
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No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.
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You fall for who the chemistry is with.
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I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man.
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I have a beautiful son, I don't regret it, I'm very proud of the way that we handle our relationship and the way that we keep our son first and that's our priority.
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We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.
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Whenever I watch any kind of competition, my immediate reaction when they call out the name of the winner is to look at the loser.
