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People come in and out of our lives to teach us. And we teach other people. It's part of the process. They come in and they go out. Some stay for longer than others.

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Gillian Anderson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
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Gillian Leigh Anderson
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Self-esteem should have nothing to do with what you look like – if you exude genuine confidence, people will be swept into it. You have to be able to hold yourself.
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Success has nothing to do with happiness.
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People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.
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I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy.
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When I'm inside the character, I feel like I'm a different person, and then when you see that character on screen and I see that it's me, I find that disappointing.
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It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
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Only once have I taken on a role where I felt that I didn't quite understand her, but I said yes anyway. I don't think I'll ever do that again.
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I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that.
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Thinking man's crumpet? Well, it's more flattering than being a lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose.
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Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.
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If I chose to have a nanny, I'd be able to pay to have a nanny - a lot of women don't have that opportunity. I don't feel like I'm a working single mom, because I have that option that a lot of people don't have.
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It's a proven fact that when you raise the status of girls and women in a country, that country does much better economically.
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I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places.
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I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.
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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.
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It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort.
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In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.
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I'm actually very scared of sharks. I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was young, which may not have been compatible with that fear.
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Unfortunately, the belief that women are a minority is endemic in most cultures around the world. Obviously some take it to the extreme where violence against women is legal and supported and in other cultures it is more subversive and easy to dismiss as progress.
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I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day
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