Abi Morgan Quotes

London does two things for me: it makes me feel connected, and it also makes me feel very isolated and quite lonely at times, and that's someone with two children in their family.

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• To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.

  

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• Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

  

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• I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.

  

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• I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.

  

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• I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.

  

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• I have seen people climbing up and down the ladder of success, and I learnt a lot from them.

  

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• I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'

  

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• You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.

  

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• Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.

  

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• I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.

  

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• You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.

  

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• I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

  

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• A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.

  

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• On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.

  

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• London does two things for me: it makes me feel connected, and it also makes me feel very isolated and quite lonely at times, and that's someone with two children in their family.

  

  Abi Morgan
  • Children
  • Family
  • Lonely