Kristin Hersh Quotes
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music, there is this central theme that always comes around about the love of God, the love of Jesus and the power that you have through Jesus Christ. You don't need a gimmick when you have that.
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Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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As a boy, I was a member of a club run by the famous reptile showman Ross Allen, and the club sent its members pseudoscientific papers mimeographed on construction paper with a three-hole punch.
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If you look at my career path, I was a human rights and refugees officer for the United Nations. I helped research a book for Lloyd Axworthy. I've worked in coffee shops. I've sold clothes. I've hosted TV shows, and now I'm acting.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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Don't be afraid to fail. You're going to go on a million auditions, and most of them you won't get. It's very easy to think, 'This is not going to work for me,' but keep at it. It's very generic advice, but you have to be willing to keep yourself in the game.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.
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I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you.
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Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future.
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Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.
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I know one writer who has been subscribing authors without their permission and sending out what she thinks are helpful advice sheets, but they come off as if she's a know-it-all. She thinks she's marketing herself and her work. All she's really doing is turning readers off.
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Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.
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You have people who are so passionate and touched by my work, which is so humbling. But other times, it's a little overwhelming. If I'm just trying to go to the bodega and get some coconut water, I have to put on a hat and some glasses - those kind of things.
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Making sounds that literally no one has ever heard before because the software and the technology's never been there, and pairing that with great songwriting, then that's what's exciting for me. That's what I wanna do.
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Murder will out, this my conclusion.
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My deepest respect to the clubs who considered having me.
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Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.
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Often times, I just do a job and tell my agents, 'I'm in lockdown now.' I won't talk to anybody about anything else in the meantime, and I think that's generally the way to go because I also like to have a gap in between jobs.
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To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.
