Arabella Weir quotes - page 2

Look, I want what's good for everybody. I want to promote good state education for all. I want to raise standards for all kids, irrespective of race and class but why can't they all just do what I say when I know I'm right? (Arabella Weir)
As an actress and comedienne, I'm a huge fan of he theatre and the Tricycle in Kilburn is my favourite in London. I dragged my kids to a performance of 'Twelfth Night' there, where they handed out pizza. Who knew that all it takes to get children interested in Shakespeare is a snack? View quote
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As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so. View quote
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I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time. View quote
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I have never done a package tour in my life. It appeals in a way, but then I remind myself that you can't control the other people with you, which could turn out to be ghastly. View quote
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I don't subscribe to the 'Doctor Who' magazine and we've only got the normal amount of 'Doctor Who' fridge magnets. View quote
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I cry at everything, even the length of the queue at Sainsbury's. View quote
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The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted. View quote
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Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim? View quote
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I was accorded the opportunity to learn by failing - albeit at the cost of a few honourable teachers' sanity - and now I realise what a rare and incredible luxury that is. View quote
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Call me an over anxious, middle-class mum, but my eight-and-a-half-year old son looks very much, to me, like he's headed for a life of crime. (Arabella Weir)
Why has everything got to be about feelings these days? In the old days, no one knew what anyone was feeling and, what's more, they weren't expected to. View quote
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If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally. View quote
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My parents both had Oxford degrees, they read important books, spoke foreign languages, drank real coffee and went to museums for pleasure. People like that don't have fat kids: they were cut out to be winners and winners don't have children who are overweight. View quote
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