English - Actress | May 1, 1946 -
I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that aren't made of leather.
Joanna Lumley
CatsI AmLookMeanMeatLeather
If the Gurkhas can't live in Britain, then I don't want to, either.
LiveWantEitherThenBritain
People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got your fame for is not being someone who can influence things, so it's cheating.
PeopleInfluenceSomeoneCheating
There was one 'crime' during the whole time I was at school, when a fountain pen went missing. Stealing just didn't happen. I was taught not to shoplift, not to steal, not to behave badly. We weren't even allowed to drop litter.
TimeSchoolPenCrimeFountain
Way back in the 1970s, I was eating a steak, and I looked down, and for the first time it suddenly looked like flesh to me - like a dead creature. In a flash, I realized that every time I ate any kind of meat, something had been killed for me, and I stopped eating all animals, not just cows and pigs but chickens and fish.
TimeMeEatingFishBackDown
It's nice when you happen into a vegetarian restaurant, but really, you can find veggie food everywhere. Pastas, salads, a vegetable plate - I actually like ordering vegetarian in a meaty place because it gives them a jolt to come up with something and recognize the demand.
FoodRestaurantYouFindPlaceNice
A lot of us are ruled by fear during our lives - afraid we'll get burgled, afraid a dog will bite us, afraid we'll get fat, afraid someone will leave us. Once you lose fear, life becomes sweeter, and that happens as you get older. I'm sure by the time I'm 80, I'll be able to do absolutely anything!
LifeDogFearTimeFatSomeone
Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them.
AnimalStupidEnoughJungleGoThem
Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.
FreedomPoliticalSpeechSuffer
I'm aware of my body.
BodyAware
I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody.
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I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.
NeverSocialConstraintsFelt
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