Uma Thurman Quotes, Thoughts and images

I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.

It is technically a failure when you don't try.

Boredom is a great motivator.

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

Change is usually preceded by some kind of drift.

My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.

Life sweeps you up. Some people resist a lot. I probably haven't resisted very much.

It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.

Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it.

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

We're in an environment where everyone gets compartmentalized very quickly.

Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.

Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal.

But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.

I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy.

To be with a man who hasn't tried every line, who hasn't broken up with a woman every which way you can break up with them, is kind of nice.

We never left a set until we'd trashed it.

I think that life force is invaluable.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

That's the wonderful thing about drama and writing and fiction: it's this wonderful shared experience that we all have. We can see into each other's lives.

I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.

I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.

Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress.

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.