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Daily Inspiration Quote by Miranda Richardson

"It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things"

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Resilience here isnt a badge of solo toughness; its a feeling sparked by watching someone else take risks. Richardson frames strength as contagious. The small, almost tossed-off phrasing "when you tackle different things" carries the real charge: not when you win, not when you perfect your craft, but when you move across terrain that could expose you. For an actor, that terrain is literal - roles, genres, accents, public reinvention - and the industry punishes visible experimentation as often as it rewards it. So the admiration isnt abstract; its professional recognition of a hard-earned skill: staying porous without cracking.

The intent is quietly relational. She addresses a "you", turning resilience into a shared ecosystem rather than a private virtue. The subtext reads like: your willingness to try the unfamiliar gives me permission to do the same. Thats a subtle rebuke to the myth of the fearless individual, and it lands because it sounds like the truth of creative work: confidence is frequently borrowed before its owned.

Culturally, the line fits a moment when we talk about "resilience" as if its mandated - a corporate wellness slogan, a way to cope with instability without changing it. Richardson flips it back into something human-scale and specific: resilience as an emotional aftereffect of witnessing adaptability in motion. The sentence is plain, even slightly unpolished, which helps. It doesnt perform inspiration; it admits dependence, and thats why it rings.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Richardson, Miranda. (2026, January 15). It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-makes-me-feel-resilient-when-you-tackle-162168/

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Richardson, Miranda. "It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-makes-me-feel-resilient-when-you-tackle-162168/.

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"It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-makes-me-feel-resilient-when-you-tackle-162168/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson (born March 3, 1958) is a Actress from England.

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