Una Stubbs
British actress, television personality, and dancer
Bringing up my three sons.
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I was very proud of doing Falstaff, because it seemed to go well.
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Marina Abramović
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That performance art has become a part of mainstream art.
Mellody Hobson
Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
I remember the day. It was just such a big day. It happened to be the same day that I got to be on the cover of Forbes. And I remember just being so overwhelmed by the opportunity that we had at hand, that we had closed this $1.45 billion fund - first time - probably in the top five of first-time funds ever that had been closed.
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Kathleen J. McInnis, Smart Women, Smart Power podcast, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 28 August 2024
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Rupert Graves
English actor
Remembering to do things in order, because I have to transcend my nature, which is haphazard.
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Reading aloud the last two pages of a book about Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. It was about his relationship with his cat, and a letter to a friend whose dog had died. It’s about letting the unexpected happen to you, and how that can really be what life is about.
Just remembered, really.
The third or fourth glass of wine.
When I was a child, it was a bus driver or engine driver; then, when I was a teenager, I went to the theatre and wanted to be an actor.
Not being active in my own desires.
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