Katie Taylor Quotes
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.
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FOMO (fear of missing out) is the enemy of valuing your own time.
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I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're talking about me for.
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I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.
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We can say, 'OK, I'm going to be in the car for an hour; what can I do to improve my quality of life during that hour?'
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My family has always supported my activities, whether it was doing combat in Korea, flying progressively and challenging fighter-jet aircraft in Europe, or studying for a doctor's degree at MIT. They have been always very supportive and understanding of the challenges and risks involved in my career. A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other's individual aims and aspirations.
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I'd like to thank everyone for all their support and prayers. I'm so humbled by that.
