Amanda Abbington Quotes

I sometimes don't wash my hair for two weeks. That's pretty disgusting. It's short, so sometimes it's easier to just wet it.

Amanda Abbington

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HairShortSometimesTwoPrettyWet

I can't remember if it was in the third grade in school, I was being told that two amoeba happened to hit in a muddy puddle of water two billion years ago, and I was an accident. I was the result. I wasn't real smart, but I said, 'I don't like the sound of that.'

Joe Gibbs

WaterSchoolSmartRememberResult

A blurb might bring a reader to a book, but then the book itself has to do the rest of the work.

Sonny Mehta

WorkBookRestBringMightThen

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

Tony Scott

LifeLiveYouEdgeDangerousScary

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

Ruth Reichl

FatherGreatGenerosityMeMomGift

'Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous; I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view.

Russell Crowe

MusicMoneyGiftFamousViewReward

There is no more potent weapon in any profession than a woman with a feminine exterior and a will of steel, and I defy you to find one man who will disagree.

Maryanne Trump Barry

WomanManYouFindSteelWill

I found school pretty tough. I got the mickey taken out of me at school.

Mika

SchoolMeToughOutPrettyGot

Years ago, I picked up figure skating. How hard could spins and jumps be, I thought? It's just applied Newtonian physics. After repeatedly falling on my rear end, I realized it was harder than I thought. But it had an upside. That is how I met my wife, who was ice dancing at the Rockefeller Center ice rink.

Michio Kaku

WifeThoughtEndIcePhysicsHard

'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and I like to kind of pursue my own ideas. And I think the more personal the better.

Jason Reitman

MeIdeasThinkBetterKindPersonal

There are days when I want to feel cool, sexy, goofy, and at these times, fashion helps me define my mood.

Disha Patani

MeCoolFashionSexyFeelMood

I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

Dick Cavett

LiveHouseAlwaysWantedHaunted

Don't try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on 'Food Network.'

Bobby Flay

FoodPeopleSomeoneWantTryOwn

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