"I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back."

--

Rachel Cusk

“In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty's Government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish Government all support in their power. They have given the Polish Government an assurance to this effect. I may add that the French Government have authorized me to make it plain that they stand in the same position in this matter.”
“It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.”
“When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Give a man a mask and heâ€™ll tell you the truth.”
“I don't want to have the threat of the sky falling on my head or some idiot pushing some button that sets off World War Three.”
“Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.”
“...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to acquire social graces and to earn a diploma. Because in this world, Dad said, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you go it.”
“You got to always take advantage of getting your room cleaned. You may think it's nice not to have anybody in your room, like your privacy's not being invaded. But there's nothing like walking back into a clean room. You've got to remember that.”

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