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I can't do bleak, I always prefer to focus on the positive.
- Ruth Jones
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I don't think anyone really has a clue what they are doing in their 20s and, in a lot of cases, their 30s.
- Ruth Jones
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I loved my 40s but my 50s have been even better.
- Ruth Jones
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I have been very fortunate to play parts that have not been just, 'Oh, you need a fat person to play this part.' It's been a secondary thing or we made a feature of it.
- Ruth Jones
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I think drama in schools shouldn't be about, 'Let's put 'Annie' on this year' - not that there's anything wrong with that - but it's a good way of getting kids to interact, and it can be a good communication tool.
- Ruth Jones
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Young people need a boosting up really, a bit more encouraging and less looking down on them.
- Ruth Jones
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I grew up in the seaside town of Porthcawl in South Wales, the third eldest of four children. We weren't overly bookworm-ish but I found the library magical - and I thought librarians earned their wages from book fines!
- Ruth Jones
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The first thing I remember writing was a poem - about a princess who sat on a hill and sang all day - when I was eight.
- Ruth Jones
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Writing a novel can be solitary at times compared to screenwriting, but I don't mind that.
- Ruth Jones
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The characters in 'Stella' wake up and they want to have a good day. They don't set out to make someone's life a misery.
- Ruth Jones
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I enjoy it when characters love each other. It's more interesting, actually - it's less predictable.
- Ruth Jones
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I was brought up in Porthcawl and I enjoy going back there.
- Ruth Jones
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At a personal level, I rather like it if you can create characters and storylines that don't have to rely on being crude and swearing.
- Ruth Jones
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I love 'Armstrong & Miller.'
- Ruth Jones
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I think it is easier to put yourself down before anyone else does. Or to laugh at yourself before anyone else does.
- Ruth Jones
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I applied to only one drama school - if I didn't get in, I would give up the whole notion. That's how much of a chance I was giving myself.
- Ruth Jones
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The worst experiences I've had are hotels that profess to be four or five star, when evidently they aren't.
- Ruth Jones
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I like pampering, relaxation and somewhere comfortable to read on holiday. I consume books when I'm away because it's the only time I get to read for pleasure. Perhaps that makes me a beach vulture.
- Ruth Jones
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I get into a bit of a routine on holiday with buffing and body lotions. After a long day's hard sunbathing, there's nothing better than feeling all shiny and clean.
- Ruth Jones
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It's a huge compliment to be seen as a dramatic actress and not just a comic actress.
- Ruth Jones
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We all put on very different faces in public and in private.
- Ruth Jones
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The characters in 'Gavin & Stacey' do like each other.
- Ruth Jones
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Every day you read these awful stories in the papers that make you want to weep. You think, 'Why has this happened?' But at the same, people can also be lovely to each other.
- Ruth Jones
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I've probably been guilty of assuming people from by-gone generations were stuffy, two dimensional and a bit dull. But my trip on 'Who Do You Think You Are?' has proved the opposite to be true.
- Ruth Jones
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I don't want to make generalisations here, but I think that most women and maybe men are not comfortable with being overweight. It's a tricky issue.
- Ruth Jones
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I love Cardiff and love living in Cardiff - you don't have paparazzi in Cardif.
- Ruth Jones
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All my life I've had this belief that other people are better than me.
- Ruth Jones
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Before 'Gavin & Stacey' I'd won a BBC short-story competition.
- Ruth Jones
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I'm a hugely proud Welsh person. I just love it - it's something very special, being Welsh.
- Ruth Jones
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I wouldn't go out of my way to go to a big celebrity bash. You have to make an effort to dress up and I'm a bit lazy really.
- Ruth Jones
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I can't be bothered to put make-up on - I certainly don't wear it day to day.
- Ruth Jones
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I just don't do the celebrity hangout thing.
- Ruth Jones
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If you'd asked me when I was younger what life would be like in my 50s, I'd probably have imagined someone like my grandmother. I'd have looked like a little old lady who went for a shampoo and set every week. But it's funny - when you get to your 50s it's not like that at all because apart from a few aches and pains, I feel like I'm in my 30s.
- Ruth Jones
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I really love 'The Windsors' - and I hope the royal family love it, too.
- Ruth Jones
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I loved character actresses like Julie Walters and Alison Steadman, films like 'Nuts in May' and 'Educating Rita.' And I never get tired of watching Larry David and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'
- Ruth Jones
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I adore all the 'Planet of the Apes' films.
- Ruth Jones
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I adored 'The Young Ones,' then I grew into 'French and Saunders' and Victoria Wood.
- Ruth Jones
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Fleabag' is genius: there's something so brave about a character voicing what we're all thinking but are too embarrassed to say.
- Ruth Jones
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I think comedy drama is a tricky one. But it's like in real life: often really tense, dramatic situations can be punctuated with the mundane and banal, and that's what we try to capture in 'Stella.'
- Ruth Jones
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Image of Kathleen Norris
When you come to a place where you have to left or right, go straight ahead.
- Kathleen Norris
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Image of Ken Griffey, Jr.
If I'm compared to Babe Ruth or Willie Mays, that's great. But I'm just going to go out there and be myself.
- Ken Griffey, Jr.
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Image of Ludwig Feuerbach
[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred
- Ludwig Feuerbach
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Image of Alice Sebold
Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.
- Alice Sebold
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Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there was something about Sarah Ruth. He wanted to take care of her. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to do more for her. (page 135)
- Kate DiCamillo
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Image of Billy Graham
End of Construction. Thank you 'for your patience. " Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham's grave -- inspired hy a road sign she saw.
- Billy Graham
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Image of Lou Holtz
Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
- Lou Holtz
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