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Eileen Atkins Quotes

My very first memory of being alive is being tossed in the air by my father and laughing and knowing, really knowing, that his was absolute joy.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: June 16, 1934

Topics

Father Joy Memory Alive Knowing Air

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

Creative Brother Me Friends You See

When you grow up being taught to worship, whatever that means, there is an array of body-rich symbols: tears, blood, crucifixion, the stations of the cross, transubstantiation... Faith is a belief in something that is irrational, and so to have faith, there is some correlation there with the belief in the art.

Faith Art Tears Grow You Blood

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

Lie Man Believe Will Only Lies

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.

Silvio Berlusconi

Best War Democracy Country Never

I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the woman's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that.

Shirley Chisholm

Woman I Am Proud Black America Am

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

First Because Read Wanted Novel

I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.

You Want Difficult Real Always Very

I went to bed on the night of Brexit, of that vote for leaving the E.U., and I said to everyone it will be a 70/30: nobody wants to leave the E.U. I woke up on the bus in Glastonbury, and everybody had their heads in their hands. They could not believe it. I could not believe it.

Night Believe Hands Bed Nobody Vote

'Hannah Montana' gets no disrespect from me because it's certainly done me a lot of favors.

Me Disrespect Done Favors Montana

There's a lot of things I would definitely go to bat for in Hawaii. I've been all over that stuff. If someone told me to be quiet about that because of my profession, no. That's my people.

People Me Someone Hawaii Quiet Go

If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait.

Woman Hurt Loved More Victim Her

In documentary, mostly, people are going to say untoward things; people are going to have gnarly beliefs. People aren't perfect.

People Perfect Say Things Going

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