Claire Foy Quotes
The monarchy is thousands of years old and has experienced many things like 'The Crown' in the past. They're always changing and evolving; that's the thing. They have to.
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly produced hip-hop, which is something like what DJ Khaled does. But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop.
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Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
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I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
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As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
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I'm an outsider.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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It is now technically feasible to reproduce without the aid of males (or, for that matter, females) and to produce only females. We must begin immediately to do so. Retaining the male has not even the dubious purpose of reproduction.
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Take every day, love every day, enjoy every day, even if you have a crappy day, find the fun things in it.
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I always just looked really like someone who will someday be on prescription medication.
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Ah, Christ, I love you rings to the wild sky And I must think a little of the past: When I was ten I told a stinking lie That got a black boy whipped...
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The monarchy is thousands of years old and has experienced many things like 'The Crown' in the past. They're always changing and evolving; that's the thing. They have to.
