- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need my career. That's what validates me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.
- Library
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
'EastEnders' changed everything. I was a jobbing actress living in Stepney, and I was on the dole at one point. Then people started to send me scripts, which was always my dream.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd sue the bottom off my husband if he dared to put me in one of his films, and he knows that.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wonderful things happened to me - I met my husband, I got invited to previews and premieres, I was asked to do fashion shoots and front covers of magazines. You've just got to embrace it and do the best you can.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, to be on television and not be afraid of making a mistake is freeing.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the days of 'EastEnders,' I couldn't go into a pub or supermarket, as people would recognise me and follow me home.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am very glad I did 'EastEnders,' and I'm flattered that people still remember me in it.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020