Joanna Lumley Quotes

I love being a grandmother. That feeling you have for your own child - you don't ever think it will be replicated, and I did wonder if I would have to 'pretend' with my grandchildren. But my heart was taken on day one.

Joanna Lumley

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LoveHeartDayChildThinkYou

One has to draw upon one's own musical thoughts and one's own musical acumen, and not to be afraid to let that come into one's work. Perhaps that comes with more experience, but perhaps it also comes with daring, and believing that you should.

Jessye Norman

WorkExperienceThoughtsYouMore

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.

John Keats

WaterI AmTopTemperKickCome

That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?

Maurice Sendak

LoveFatherMotherLiveParentsYou

Any artist, the work you do, if it's a painting or if it's a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else's life. That's what's fun about sharing art.

Matthew McConaughey

LifeWorkHopeArtFunPeople

I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that I was living in instead of inviting people into my world.

Andy Mineo

MusicPeopleWorldThinkLivingWho

When in doubt, take more time.

John Zimmerman

TimeDoubtWhen In DoubtMoreTake

I was skating with friends in my neighborhood, and then eventually I was invited to go to the skate park with one of them. When I saw people flying all around - literally flying in and out of bowls - that is when I knew I wanted to do it. I wanted to figure out how I could get there and how I could fly.

Tony Hawk

PeopleFlyFlyingFriendsGoPark

Food was always a focus for us, lyrically.

Mike D

FoodFocusAlwaysUsLyrically

The 'niche' effect of charter schools guarantees a swift and vicious deepening of class and racial separation.

Jonathan Kozol

SeparationClassRacialNicheEffect

Now that the black experience isn't viewed as box-office death, people are catching up to untapped auteurs.

Jordan Peele

ExperienceDeathPeopleBlackNow

That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.

Annie Besant

KnowledgePresentYouSinTrueThen

The reason for this project comes from my childhood, that is clear to me. I did not have any toys. So, I played in the bricks of ruined buildings around me and with which I built houses.

Anselm Kiefer

ChildhoodMeBuildingsToysProject

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