"It's funny, this thing about happiness. It's a commodity that was imported from America in the Fifties. I see myself simply as living my life. . . . I feel it's pushing your luck to define how happy you are."

-- Francesca Annis

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“When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask.”
“All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.”

Source : "My Favorite Children’s Books" by Cynthia Voigt, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2013.
“I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.”
“Theres a lot of females that hustle, just like men hustle.”
“Not all of our work is dark, but when we are working on a dark project, we really tend to go there.”
“The happening and telling are very different things. This doesnâ€™t mean that the story isnâ€™t true, only that I honestly donâ€™t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.”
“Flying is the best possible thing for women.”
“When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is. It expands your imagination and expands your size of thinking.”

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