Joanna Trollope Quotes

You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.

Joanna Trollope

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ChangeYourselfPeopleYouSituation

My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.

Joan Cusack

MotherCharacterJobI AmFaceNow

In the frequently-asked-question category, the question I get asked almost as much as 'What's the worst thing you've ever eaten?' is 'What's the best pair of pants to travel in, work in, trek in, and use on the road for the most activities possible?'

Andrew Zimmern

WorkBestTravelRoadYouPossible

I don't take Mars One seriously at all.

Andy Weir

SeriouslyMarsTake

I am a kid. I'll always be a girl at heart.

Amber Valletta

GirlHeartI AmKidAlwaysAm

I'll get up in the morning while they've all got hangovers and run my 5 miles. But the women who do run are usually 10 years younger than me and they're really obsessed about running. That's all they do. They're really boring.

Trisha Goddard

WomenMorningMeRunBoringUp

I like hurting people.

Tony Bellew

PeopleLikeHurting

I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like.

Moby

PatiencePeopleIdeasWorldThink

Honestly, the way I make music, you know - it's like, I don't want to sound cocky or anything, but I try my best to make time with music that doesn't have an expiration date.

Juice Wrld

MusicTimeBestYouKnowWant

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Douglas Coupland

FailureOpportunityYouSometimes

I'd formed a research and development company under the banner of Paramount Pictures back in about 1975, and its mandate was to explore advanced forms of entertainment, not just movies.

Douglas Trumbull

ResearchBackPicturesMoviesJust

My wife is French, and so I get to see America through her eyes, which informs a lot of little moments. It means I can poke fun at very particular things about us.

Colin Trevorrow

EyesWifeFunAmericaMomentsI Can

I'm up for doing a part if I thought the part was right and the people want to consider me for a part. If I thought the part was absolutely exciting... I would go for it.

Colm Wilkinson

PeopleMeThoughtDoingGoWant

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