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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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Gillian Anderson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: August 9
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Gillian Leigh Anderson
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Mads is such a talented actor - it's almost like he wears his emotions on his sleeve, but not all the time - when he decides that he needs to, he has such access to his emotional life and it is just really incredible. He can do everything with just his eyes.
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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 love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and the lives of their young daughters. That's a great feeling.
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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 used to take myself very seriously, now it's all just funny. You gotta laugh at yourself. You know, most of the time when something's a big deal for us, it's only become a big deal in the space between our ears.
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We are all dying. Every single day that we are alive.
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It's funny because sometimes one doesn't actually consider these things for one's self until one's in a situation like this press conferece where one has to kind of think about it.
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Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year.
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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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There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.
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In retrospect, I think that I've been given quite a few scripts over the years that had dark elements to them but most of them took place in the countryside with a haunted house. I think I've probably had that script about six to 10 times over the past few years. Or it was something to do with the supernatural.
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I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.
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I've seen productions where it feels like the actors are just tired and want to go home. That is one of the challenges doing theater - especially a long production - how to keep it alive for yourself and the audience.
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Right now the topic of female empowerment is at the forefront of conversation and it's important we take advantage of the trend while there is added pressure to adjust long-standing beliefs, prejudices, and cultural discrimination.
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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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So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.
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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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People have been willing to accept that the government is lying to us, but they are now more willing to accept the concept of aliens and other life forms. There's just a slew of stuff out there right now. It's been people's closet belief system, and now it's coming out of the closet.
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