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Julia Stiles Quotes

I watch comedies most of the time. That's what I gravitate toward. But I think the kinds of roles people see me in are sort of the opposite of that. I'm not really sure why.

Julia Stiles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: March 28, 1981

Topics

Time People Me Think Why See

When you're in a relationship you really care about, you want to protect it and not talk about it.

Jennifer Grey

Relationship Care You Want Talk

I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on.

Andrew Davies

Work Mother Time Thought Attention

I always think that there's a weight of prejudice from the past that gay people perhaps carry around with them. Even if it doesn't exist so much around them, they still have a feeling of being excluded, and perceived prejudice is almost as unsettling as actual prejudice.

Andrew Haigh

Past People Think Feeling Gay Carry

I started publicly singing when I was eight. Singing was always what I did. I never really acted.

Meghann Fahy

Singing Never Always Started Eight

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

Sophie Swetchine

Strength Support Weakness More Fancy

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Sophie Swetchine

Love Direction Loving Others More

You've got to be happy when you play a sad character; otherwise, you just get depressed. Make your real life as fun as possible.

Sophie Turner

Life Character Sad Fun Happy You

When you say 'I want to be an inspiring leader,' the operative phrase is 'I want.' This is inherently me-centered and self serving whether or not you recognise it. What you are really saying is 'I want to get people to do what I would like them to.' Perhaps they don't want to do that. So you have to somehow get them there.

Srikumar Rao

Leader People Saying Self You Want

I can't imagine anything more debilitating, anything more challenging, anything more thrilling than to get on a stage and do any kind of play. It is such a vulnerable place for any actor to be in.

Michelle Monaghan

Place Play Kind Actor More Stage

I look at how my kids view exercise. They have a complete understanding that nutrition and exercise go hand in hand. I didn't think like that when I was a kid. But they have a real consciousness about it that I'd like to think comes from the years of attention we've put into this.

Michelle Obama

Think View Understanding Look Hand

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan.

Jared Diamond

Learning Hope Me Media See Radio

An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year after year - an economy like America's - is not likely to do well over the long haul.

Joseph Stiglitz

America Doing Year Long Economy