#yours

I think it's an okay thing to express yourself. ↗

#express yourself #i #i think #okay #thing

I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#bad #being #believe #feel #good

Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#actor #attitude #because #center #child

Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#appeared #because #being #big #comforted

At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well. ↗

— Mats Sundin

#lot #perform #player #pressure #put

I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#end #extreme #firm #human #human nature

You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself. ↗

— Joan Sutherland

#fact #get #got #listen #out

Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#feet #find #force #god #however

Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#been #blow #clear #explain #forgotten

Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate. ↗