A Quote by Samantha Bond

The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible.

Samantha Bond

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Samantha Bond
English - Celebrity
Born: November 27, 1961

The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television and yet they are absolutely invisible.

Samantha Bond

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Florida Scott-Maxwell

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C. S. Lewis

When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude that you have a taste for middle-aged moralizing.

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And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You can move about unnoticed and invisible.

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Phyllis Logan

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.

Martha Stewart

I have become that middle-aged woman who listens to the 'Hamilton' soundtrack in my kitchen.

Sophie Dahl

I couldn't see much point in tying myself down to a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and the children were my own.

Joseph Heller

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I looked into the mirror and saw this middle-aged woman who keeps invading my face.

Liv Ullmann

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Jessamyn West

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