Kelly Reilly Quotes
I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.
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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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I always think I have a chance, and I always give it all I've got.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.
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We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest D.C. I was essentially raised by a Panamanian man and a Jamaican woman. That's why I have such a fascination with Jamaican food.
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I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
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My mother had abandoned the family, so grandmother raised me. And she was instrumental in that she taught me that the world is a glorious place. She taught me to embrace humanity. And she'd say there's never an excuse for joy. And to be thankful.
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I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.
