Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength. Uma Thurman More Quotes by Uma Thurman More Quotes From Uma Thurman I think actresses are imagined to be these subjects of great vanity. Life is change; physicality changes. It's transient, and that's a beautiful and a painful thing. Uma Thurman vanity beautiful thinking I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one. Uma Thurman stressed truth-is worry 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. Uma Thurman teenager pain inspirational For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you. Uma Thurman real heart writing I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them. Uma Thurman mom spiritual running As one does with a first child, I found out that my baby could roll by hearing the sound of her body hit the ground at 4 a.m. and obviously, for any new parent, that is the most horrifying thing that could happen, right? You're exhausted and you take your tiny little baby out and you put them on the bed to change diapers before nursing and you turn around and you discover... my baby can roll! And you think you're going to die. Uma Thurman nursing baby children There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything. Uma Thurman ebb-and-flow mean children And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting. Uma Thurman care writing interesting ~You know how parents rattle on to you about, 'Oh, you won't believe your life will never be the same,' and you think, Why can't these people just get over it? All they're doing is yakking about their kids. It's such a bore. And then you have kids and you just want to do the same thing.~ Uma Thurman parenting believe kids Socially, most people delayed motherhood for five to 10 years around us. Uma Thurman motherhood people years I think that life force is invaluable. Uma Thurman invaluable force thinking I think we are living in a time, where as a whole, as a community, people do want to push the boundaries. Uma Thurman community people thinking I guess I'm lucky to have been blindsided. I'm lucky to have gotten into fistfights, in a way. I'm lucky I learned how to stop them. Uma Thurman has-beens lucky way Urban women don't breed in their twenties. Shortly after, I became a mother too, which is why I was probably so child friendly. Uma Thurman mother friendly children Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress. Uma Thurman progress reading humble I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people. Uma Thurman empathy blessed people Nobody makes a movie about a woman in her mid-30s who wishes she could have met someone to have children with and still doesn't know where to find a date. Uma Thurman mets wish children I wanted to seem completely invisible but whenever you're saying someone else's words and relaying the story of someone else's life, it's not you. Uma Thurman invisible stories wanted Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling. Uma Thurman jobs men years I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you. Uma Thurman mirrors mean kids
