Joanna Lumley Quotes

As Brits, we love a do, don't we? I adore our national celebrations. If I see a gold coach, you almost need to put me in a straitjacket, I get so excited.

Joanna Lumley

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LoveMeGoldYouNeedCoach

No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.

Shirin Ebadi

GovernmentCriticismAmericanSoil

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us.

Tracy Morgan

YouGrandfatherUnderstandIrishUs

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

Rob Kardashian

LifeLoveWomenFocusPeopleAccept

The way we allow children to be advertised to is shocking. Eating is a learned behavior, and we've made these kids sitting ducks for all the bad messages about industrialized food. The fact that we allow that to go on is horrifying.

Ruth Reichl

ChildrenFoodEatingBehaviorBad

The reason why I'm not a pop star is I would have hated it. I'll stick to being an artist. I'm not trying not to be commercial; I am just doing what I do. I have finely tuned tastes, and that gets prioritized above everything else. That's just how it is.

Roisin Murphy

I AmDoingTryingArtistWhyReason

So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.

Rupert Sanders

WorkPeopleStartFindingMy Own

We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.

Martin O'Malley

PoliceGovernmentWallStreetWhy

When we complain to Egypt's Western allies about whichever autocrat is in power, we are asked, 'But who is the alternative?' It is a question designed to frustrate.

Mona Eltahawy

PowerEgyptQuestionComplainAllies

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

Judah Friedlander

DoingBeenSinceStand-Up

I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.

Jason Dohring

LoveSportsBaseballBasketballGolf

What we've got is the wholesale embrace of fracking domestically, internationally and for export. And this couldn't be further from what we really need to do to address climate change.

Josh Fox

ChangeClimate ChangeEmbraceNeed

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Douglas Horton

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