Joanna Lumley Quotes

I never wanted to go to university: books seemed to have all the answers, and the questions, too. I went to work for Jean Muir as her in-house model. Miss Muir - as she will always be to me - was interested in everything.

Joanna Lumley

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WorkMeQuestionsGoNeverShe

I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

Johann Lamont

MyselfProudPrideFeelI CanGames

In 1935, the year Social Security was created, the poverty rate for seniors was over 70%.

John Delaney

PovertyYearSecurityOverSeniors

I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.

Menander

CallSpadeFig

Those who have known the quality of my work and the many public statements I have made over the course of my life must know that I am a strong supporter of Women's Rights.

Angela Lansbury

LifeWorkWomenQualityI AmStrong

I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.

Amos Lee

TimePeopleThinkUnderstandingBig

I read contrived memoirs by presidential candidates. For every 'Dreams From My Father' - Barack Obama's honest, literary portrayal of his biracial upbringing - there were a dozen cautious, formulaic vanity projects by politicians.

Amy Chozick

FatherDreamsVanityPoliticians

Every time I've made a big decision in my life, it's been about letting in the possibility that maybe I could do something that I actually wanted to do and not letting people tell me that I should compromise or that it's too big of a dream.

Stephanie Savage

LifeTimeDecisionPeopleMeDream

Before, it was always, 'Oh, no, here comes Clancy, that insurance agent.' Now it's, 'Oh, here comes Tom Clancy, bestselling author.' But I'm still the same basic middle-class slob.

Tom Clancy

InsuranceNowSameAlwaysHere

We have a great set-up in Las Vegas. I love being in Vegas; all our camps will be in Vegas. We are just going to spend more time in the U.K. in terms of fighting. But New Zealand will still be home for me.

Joseph Parker

LoveHomeGreatTimeMeFighting

It's not my job to worry about how Left, Right will react to something. My job is, am I creating something that connects people? That's my job.

Jose Antonio Vargas

JobPeopleWorryCreatingReactHow

The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them.

Dennis Lehane

WorkMomentWorldConnectionsYou

I don't think my dad ever raised his voice to my mother or to me, ever.

Bobby Knight

MotherMeVoiceThinkRaisedHis

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