Olivia Colman Quotes

My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people's stories in her nursing home and picturing myself in their place. They'd say, 'I went to school in a horse and cart,' and I'd just think 'Wow!' I'd picture myself in their place - acting was a natural progression.

Olivia Colman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 30, 1974

Topics

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Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting up.

John B. Keane

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When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense.'

John Breaux

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I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever.

Michael Emerson

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I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second.

Steven Wright

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Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

Steve Prefontaine

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I'm interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art. I think it's the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really can't be this way.

Roy Lichtenstein

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You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy.

Miranda Hart

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People might be surprised to know how much I throw away. For every page I publish, I throw 10 pages away.

Joyce Carol Oates

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You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Dolly Parton

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Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.

Dhani Jones

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I really feel like 'True Blood' is a big, giant slice of cake for the audience every week; it's offering people 60 minutes of sometimes thought-provoking entertainment. If you're gonna give an Emmy out, you should probably give it to the audience of 'True Blood.'

Chris Bauer

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You know, you get to a certain age, 45, 50, I don't know when it happens, I said, 'Jesus, all I got is a certain amount of time. Maybe I should think about using it a little better.'

Brian Dennehy

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