Gillian Anderson Quotes

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• I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.

  Gillian Anderson

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Interview to US Magazine, www.gilliananderson.ws. October, 1997.

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• I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.

  Gillian Anderson

  Change, Reading, Good Day

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Fear, Moving, Mean

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• Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

  Gillian Anderson

  Positive, Perseverance, Remember You

  Foreword in "Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks: Entrepreneurial Skills, Stories, and Encouragement for Modern Girls" by Stacy Kravetz, 1999.

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• There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.

  Gillian Anderson

  Differences, Listening, Heard

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• Let's stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesn't fit into our boxed-in perceptions of what is right.

  Gillian Anderson

  Perception, Judgemental, Fit

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Feelings

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• Success has nothing to do with happiness.

  Gillian Anderson

  Interview to Desert Island Discs, www.gilliananderson.ws. January 12, 2003.

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• I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity, and mediocrity scares the f--- out of me.

  Gillian Anderson

  Thinking, Scare, Ordinary

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• My default is self-destruction, and anything on top of that is a bloody lot of work.

  Gillian Anderson

  Self, Destruction, Default

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Self Esteem, Should Have, People

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• We can only make ourselves the victim.

  Gillian Anderson

  Victim

  Interview to Rolling Stone, www.gilliananderson.ws. May, 1996.

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• We are all dying. Every single day that we are alive.

  Gillian Anderson

  Death, Dying, Alive

  Yahoo! Chat, www.gilliananderson.ws. May 15, 2001.

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Lying, Believe, Overcoming

  "Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks : Entrepreneurial Skills, Stories, and Encouragement for Modern Girls". Book by Stacy Kravetz, Foreword, 1999.

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• I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.

  Gillian Anderson

  Acting, Actors, Fit

  "Straight Talking". The Northern Echo, April 14, 2007.

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Space, Laughing, Ears

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Friendship, People, Process

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• Well, it seems to me that the best relationships-the ones that last-are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship.

  Gillian Anderson

  Relationship, Lasts, X Files

  "Fictional character: Dana Scully". "The X-Files/ The Rain King", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

  Gillian Anderson

  Relationship, Night, Just Friends

  "The X-Files: The Rain King". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• There are so many shocking things. Is it more shocking that there are children sold into slavery in every city in the world and right under our noses or that there are villages in Nepal where there are no children left because they have all been kidnapped for sex trafficking, or that there are generations of slaves in some countries where indentured slavery passes from generation to generation and that kids grow into adults not knowing that another world - another life - exists?

  Gillian Anderson

  Country, Sex, Children

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Daughter, Children, Feelings

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• I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day

  Gillian Anderson

  Reading, Good Day, Have A Great Day

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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.

  Gillian Anderson

  Long, Empowerment, Important

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• My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others.

  Gillian Anderson

  Life Lesson, Believe, People

  "Gillian of the Spirits". Interview with Virginia Campbell, gilliananderson.ws. January, 1999.

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• I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.

  Gillian Anderson

  Real, Stopping, Quiet

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