Christine Quinn Quotes
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.
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Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.
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I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.
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I became famous almost before I had a craft.
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I accept reality and dare not question it.
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I think massage is a very important part of life, which is present from centuries as an imminent part of India's tradition.
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If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.
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I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater.
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It's so sad to see how few people in the Obama administration have any private sector experience.
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I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent a lot of time on my own in the fields or by the lake, with just my imagination for company. I suppose I never wanted to let that part of me go.
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My children are unaffected by me being an actress because that's the way I like to keep it. I love the fact that they are so innocent about my star status. Sometimes, they come running to me and say, 'Mom, you are on TV.'
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One of my biggest influences of all time would be somebody like Tom Waits. David Bowie is another huge influence. I'm also a big fan of St. Vincent and Leslie Feist.
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He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God.
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For some of us, the soul is resident in the sole, and yearns ceaselessly for light and air and self-expression. Our feet are our very selves. The touch of floor or carpet, grass or mud or asphalt, speaks to us loud and clear from the foot, that scorned and lowly organ as dear to us as our eyes and ears.
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There is this presumption, in those who feel destined for art and above all literature: we act as if we had received an investiture, but in fact no one has invested us with anything, it is we who have authorized ourselves to be authors.
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It was not really to be famous. I just wanted the best choir that would go out here and sing until the power of God came down. When people heard them sing, their lives would be changed and transformed because they called upon the Lord and got an answer. God would come. He would come and meet the people. He would fall on the people. They would leave the place revived, renewed, replenished with a better place of faith and trust in Him. And, they would believe in Him. And, when you believe Him, anything is possible.
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I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.
