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Julia Sawalha Quotes

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: british
Birth: September 9, 1968

Topics

Children I Am Me Strong Too Much

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.

Work Business Process Friends Talk

I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite dish. You'd see them huddling around and for the first time seeing issues being debated on TV that had never been talked about before. And that is the biggest promoter of democracy you could possibly have.

Work Time Money Together People You

When you're just open but not honest, then you start free-associating garbage.

Start You Garbage Open Honest Just

I am a partner at CrunchFund, a venture capital firm with investments in many startups around the world. I am also a limited partner in many other venture funds which have their own startup investments.

Michael Arrington

I Am World Partner Own Firm Venture

It breaks even. We lose ten, twenty grand every year. But then the people who are working say, Look, I'll kick this back in, I don't need to take this profit share. It's very cooperative.

People Year Lose Look Back Profit

If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did.

Steve Guttenberg

Teacher Money Lie Parents Doctor

If we can get people to focus on fruits and vegetables and more healthy foods, we'll be better in terms of our healthcare situation.

Health Focus People Better Situation

I was a timid little guy when I was a kid. I used humor as a defense; I became the class clown. But deep inside, I felt real vulnerable.

Humor Deep Class Inside Kid Real

TV has taken a crazy turn, especially in the industry of food, where everything is either a competition show or a sort of reality show. We've lost the kind of shows that are, like, 'Here's how you do this,' like the old Julia Child shows.

Food Competition Child Crazy Reality

I think about the history of racism in this country all the time.

History Time Racism Think Country

Writing is what we do. What else could I want in a life partner than someone who knows and shares what I do?

Life Writing Partner Someone Want

I can't do fiction unless I visualize what's going on. When I began to write science fiction, one of the things I found lacking in it was visual specificity. It seemed there was a lot of lazy imagining, a lot of shorthand.

Science Lazy Science Fiction Write

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