Tilda Swinton Quotes

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• I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always…
• I remember noticing, when I had my babies, how much I liked them, and not just loved them, but I was really into them. I…
• Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own. What is any life without the pursuit of a dream?
• How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people's expectations for our identity?
• I'm from the same planet as David Bowie.
• It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien.
• I always think of the word 'abandonment' when I think of the character.
• I've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim…
• I follow my nose. It’s as simple as that.
• I live a soldier's life when I'm working. That's how it feels to me, except I've got a slightly greater chance of survival.
• If we don't accept loneliness, then capitalism wins hands down. Because capitalism is all about trying to convince people that you can distract yourself, that…
• Years ago, when James Bulger was murdered, every newspaper front page was talking about evil. At that point, having suppressed it for years, I remembered…
• It was an amazing performer. Very temperamental, it spent a lot of time in its trailer.
• I believe that all great art holds the power to dissolve things: time, distance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. I believe that all great art holds…
• Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.
• This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.
• Faith is in the eye of the beholder.
• I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week.
• I knew Spike Jonze would do something really interesting with it.
• It may be unfair of me but I do feel I know it.

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