Shirley Henderson Quotes

I spend plenty of time in London and it doesn't scare me, but it's a lonely place, even if you've got friends there. My job takes me all around the world, meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldn't get home, if I couldn't get back to what I consider my real life I'd be frightened.

Shirley Henderson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 24, 1965

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Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

Robert Half

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It's strange because even in the vaudeville days, ventriloquists were never the main attraction. They were the guys brought out to stand in front of the curtain while sets were being changed. Ventriloquism wasn't even celebrated as an art until Edgar Bergen came along in the 1930s.

Jeff Dunham

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Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.

John Podhoretz

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On the other hand I have seen several, several top targets for these investigations of these terrorist activities that were allowed to leave the country - I'm not talking about weeks, I'm talking about months after 9/11.

Sibel Edmonds

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I will not let the interests of powerful corporations close our economy or jeopardize consumers.

Josh Hawley

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One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.

Jon Voight

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I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my actions if it could imperil them.

Deborah Moggach

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I think 'Shoe Dog' by Phil Knight is the best memoir I've ever read by a business person.

Brad Feld

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A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Swami Sivananda

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Comedy is taken care of by a free market.

Penn Jillette

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I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

Mark Twain

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I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

Kirsten Dunst

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