Keisha Castle-Hughes quotes

“I've lived a fast-paced life, but I had the best childhood. I didn't miss out on anything by having my daughter at a young age.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

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“I want to be a science teacher. My friends asked me why, but I'm intrigued by it and I'm quite good at science at school.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I thought 'I can't be an actor, I can't'. Then this film came up and it was like someone saying to me, 'You can, don't give up'.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

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“Thanks to a lot of people, not just myself, Whale Rider had an amazing impact emotionally, and people remember it. I count myself very lucky that all those doors were unlocked, I just had to open them.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

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“It feels kind of strange knowing that I rule the whole planet of Naboo and I'm only thirteen. At first, my face—because it was really white—was a bit of a shock. But when the whole costume was put together and the headdress was put on, I really felt proud, like a Queen.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

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“I absolutely love being a mother. It's been a blessing. It's fun and it's hard, but it's absolutely amazing.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

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“I come from a big family, so I'd like to have a big family.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

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“I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

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“Your private life should be private. I reckon that's a good thing that you talk about your work and you talk about what you're doing, but without having to go into how your brother's been and how your mum's been because none of that's really relevant.”
-- Keisha Castle-Hughes

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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“I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?” “Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.” Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.”

“My daughter is not an object to flash around or a prized item to put on display.”

“They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much. I couldn't wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.”

Source : Al Roker (2001). “Don't Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood”, Fireside

“Before you count the profit, count the cost of a working mother.”

“I feel betrayed by own mother.”

“You're it for me, baby. Just you. You're not going to be your mother. You're special and unique and we're going to get you help. But I will be right by your side the entire time. I'll never leave you. I swear it.”

“Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick”

“From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders.”

Source : "Why? New Eichmann Notes Try to Explain" by Roger Cohen, www.nytimes.com. August 13, 1999.

“I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.”

“One has always had a childhood, whatever one becomes.”

Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.85, Penguin