Uma Thurman Professions : Actress Born : April 29, 1970 Browse All Authors Top 85 quotes by Uma Thurman I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them. Uma Thurman actresses love people Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible. Uma Thurman heart baby children It is technically a failure when you don't try. Uma Thurman trying Boredom is a great motivator. Uma Thurman boredom Three tomatoes are walking down the street-a poppa tomato, a mamma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him and says, Catch up. Uma Thurman tomatoes three baby I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening. Uma Thurman perspective heart thinking One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But there is progress. There is enhanced empathy and respect for others, we are fighting the tide, even though it seems like a tug of war sometimes. Uma Thurman empathy fighting war Thats when you know youve found somebody special. When you can just shut the f**k up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence. Uma Thurman minutes silence special Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength. Uma Thurman finding-strength daring meditation It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others. Uma Thurman forgiving pain interesting I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up. Uma Thurman childhood growing-up fatherhood It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet. Uma Thurman doe relationship cheating Change is usually preceded by some kind of drift. Uma Thurman kind When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however. But Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them. Uma Thurman buddhist buddhism spiritual I think everybody has a hard time connecting, but as you get older and you want more and you expect more and you know more, it's just different. If you start wanting too much from it without it naturally unfolding, then that makes it bad. If you start not wanting anything, then you are not serious. I mean it's just this conundrum of issues. Uma Thurman hard-times mean thinking 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. Uma Thurman nice broken men It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again. Uma Thurman risk taken long We never left a set until we'd trashed it. Uma Thurman left Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal. Uma Thurman eye blue average Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan. Uma Thurman crazy business nuts Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors
