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Daring to me is having courage it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.

Uma Thurman

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Uma Thurman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 29
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Model
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Boston
Massachusetts
Uma Karuna Thurman
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Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.
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Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress.
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Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better.
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I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.
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I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.
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