Maeve Binchy Quotes
If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'

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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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You are just your intelligence.
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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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I take what isn't mine and I covet other people's lives.
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I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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There are as many great superhero movies as there are comedies and dramas and cartoons. People just want to see good movies.
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Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse.
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Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'