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Joanna Lumley Quotes

We met and married when both of us knew exactly what our jobs were. He was only 32, but he'd been all over the place. I'd been working on films and television shows all over the world.

Joanna Lumley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: english
Birth: May 1, 1946

Topics

World Television Place Over Working

Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!

Jeanne Calment

Children Worry Having Children Less

You never forget your first felony. Mine was mail tampering. As a hoops-crazed 13-year-old, I rifled through a new neighbor's mailbox to confirm that the occupant of the split-level on 98 1/2 Street in Bloomington, Minn., really was former Gophers basketball star Flip Saunders.

Steve Rushin

Basketball Never Forget You Neighbor

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

Roger Ebert

Challenges Tragedy Human Need Expand

When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to know the country of our ancestors. Because Haiti is an island, the beach is everywhere. Haitians are particular, even snobby, about beaches.

Roxane Gay

Beach Child Parents Me Country Know

The French fry did not become America's most popular vegetable until industry took over the jobs of washing, peeling, cutting, and frying the potatoes - and cleaning up the mess.

Michael Pollan

America Cleaning Become Over Mess

I have lots of hard-earned knowledge about women through heartbreak - and social faux pas. When I was about 15, thinking I was engaging in light conversation, I asked a woman when she was due. Of course, she wasn't pregnant. I learnt the lesson never to ask again.

Joshua Jackson

Women Knowledge Light Woman Thinking

Despite everything I've been through, despite being a kid with a spotty background, the Cleveland Browns stuck their neck out and risked taking me and put their faith and belief in me, and I won't let them down.

Josh Gordon

Faith Me Down Belief Kid Everything

It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble.

Joseph Jarman

Time Art Decision Me Reach Long

Proponents of same-sex marriage regularly label opponents 'radical' and 'extremist.' However, given that no society in thousands of years has allowed same-sex marriage, it is, by definition, the proponents of same-sex marriage whose position is radical and extreme.

Dennis Prager

Marriage Society Years Position

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

Denis Leary

Great Care Help Firefighters Need

Sustainability is important because we all are responsible to nourish our planet. And real food should be delicious, safe, affordable, and accessible to all. All without compromise.

Denise Morrison

Food Compromise Important Responsible

I didn't come up as a DJ, so I don't play by DJ rules.

Deadmau5

DJ Rules Play Up Come