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Gillian Anderson
74 quotes
“Is that the ultimate paradox of life, she wondered, that the universe should become less clear with age?”
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“Every fictional character is based on someone. My English teacher told us that.”
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“But “everyone knew” were words of death in scientific research.”
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“Predawn has always been undervalued as a witching hour, she thought. Midnight, in prose and poem, had gotten all the glory. At this hour, though, people had to gather their lonely, enervated willpower and make the first choices of the day. For that you needed raw courage.”
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“The universe doesn’t editorialize.”
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“Familiarity helped to construct subterfuge.”
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“So,” Adrienne said. “You’re one of those.” “One of what?” Flora said, not turning her head. “One of those people who has a single success and takes that as a mandate to do anything you want.”
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“I thought we had the conversation about my being uninterested in your opinions,” Flora said.”
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“Flora chose that moment to selectively not hear.”
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“Dr. Davies, why are you obsessed with these?” “A scholar’s interest in the inexplicable.” “No,” Adrienne said. “A scholar would be publishing articles about these in journals, and asking every scientist and researcher she could contact for help with studying them.” Flora ignored her. “You’re keeping secrets,” Adrienne said. Again, she made no reply.”
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“An archaeology group that hadn’t publicized one of the greatest finds in the history of the field was probably not to be trusted.”
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“It’s a fair bargain. Some trust, some distrust, in the end win win.”
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“Mikel knew better than to question her. Not because she was always right, but because there was no changing her mind once it was set.”
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“Hot water is good for bathing, bad for fish.”
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“The intrigue is not even what makes this work intriguing,” he quipped.”
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“That is irreligious.” “As your comment is ill-informed,” Caitlin replied.”
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“The geology, the cosmos, they waken something. Even in scientists.”
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“Divination has always embraced strange, ultimately disproved customs,” she said.”
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“He had looked at Qala then and said, “And I hope we never find out. That would make someone right and someone wrong.” “Isn’t knowledge worth that?” Qala had asked. “Questions are always more valuable than answers,” Nimma had replied. “I suppose if answers encourage new questions, they are valid. But this one? I do not think any of the major participants would receive the truth kindly, or willingly.”
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“Either everything matters or nothing does.”
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“There are huge differences in the way male and female actors are perceived. Women have to be a certain size, in order to get good roles. The only successful, larger-than-average female actor I can think of is Kathy Bates. And once women reach a certain age, they can only expect one or two good roles per year, whereas male actors can continue working regularly well into their forties. Then there are the types of roles available to women. We're constantly depicted as sidekicks, ingenues, and hangers-on, rarely as independent and capable individuals. And the enormous, huge discrepancies in pay....the amounts that some male actors make are astronomically obscene. Women in Hollywood are constantly shown that there's a difference between them and men, and that that's okay. But it's not okay.”
Gillian Anderson (born 1968) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On inequality in Hollywood — reported in Lynne Melcombe, BC Woman "Supernatural SuXXess" (October, 1995)
“Another miraculous result of playing Scully has been all the incredible young women I have been blessed to meet along the way--women who have shared that they have received strength from Scully, that because of Scully's strength they have been afraid but done it anyway. These have been women from all walks of life: women from low-income neighborhoods who have persevered despite all odds to study hard and pursue their dreams, enabling them to enter into better schools and work environments; women who have illness and physical challenges who have gotten better and stronger because they believe they can. I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.”
Gillian Anderson (born 1968) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Excerpt from the foreword in Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks, by Stacy Kravetz (1999)
“Dear Gillian, You are completely and utterly self obsessed. If you spent a quarter of your time thinking about others instead of how much you hate your thighs, your level of contentment and self worth would expand exponentially. One thing I learned way too late in the game for my own good was that you can effectively increase your self esteem by doing estimable things. Therefore I have signed you up to build homes for the homeless during your entire summer vacation. Your Christmas will be spent serving food at a battered women’s shelter and Easter is designated to reading stories to children in the pediatric cancer ward. Four months out of 16years dedicated to human beings other than yourself, you have gotten off easy. Oh and honey expand your horizons; your world is a bigger oyster than your low self-esteem wants you to believe. Love yourself; think of others and be grateful. I love you, I believe in you, and I look forward to respecting you. Me. You. Us P.S. Follow your dreams, not your boyfriends.”
Gillian Anderson (born 1968) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anderson's letter to her teenage self — from Dear Me: More Letters To My Sixteen-Year-Old Self, edited by Joseph Galliano. (June 19, 2011)
“I had started to become interested in the punk scene and started to dress differently than a lot of the kids in Grand Rapids, Michigan were dressing. And I got my nose pierced and I started to shave my head and dye my hair and wear a lot of black. And so I looked like somebody that might be arrested... I was a bit of a class clown, usually the one that people would get to do the things that they were afraid to get in trouble for... On graduation night, I was arrested... I had a boyfriend at the time who was a couple centuries older than I was and I'd convinced him that we should go and glue the locks of the school so that people couldn't get in the morning. And lo and behold, they had a security guard because it was graduation night and they were concerned that idiots like me might try and do something like that.”
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Recorded in: On her teenage punk years and being arrested on graduation night — NPR "Gillian Anderson On 'The Fall' And Getting Arrested In High School" (December 7, 2013)