Martha MacIsaac Quotes
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
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I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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The best way to get to know the place you are traveling in is to walk around... and the best way to walk around is with comfortable shoes! Grab your travel buddy and your running shoes and go explore!
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.
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I would want to bring up my children. Therefore, I have no dream to make my mark. Instead, I enjoy economic freedom my hard work has given me. It means that I can give my children the best start in life.
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There is an effective strategy open to architects. Whereas doctors deal with the interior organisms of man, architects deal with the exterior organisms of man. Architects might join with one another to carry on their work in laboratories as do doctors in anticipatory medicine.
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There is a real sense of family when you're around Australians, even if you don't know them.
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I would describe Los Angeles as actually not having taste. In New York, there's taste. But you have to remember that taste is censorship. It's a form of restriction.
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Any person who says their family is perfectly functional is lying.
