Deirdre O'Kane Quotes
Growing up, I was your classic Catholic Irish kid. I went to mass every Sunday. Then in secondary school I went to boarding school, and there was mass seven days a week before breakfast - it may have put me off!
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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I shop more than most women.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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I prefer to live in my own little bubble of my own reality.
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In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
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A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.
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Growing up, I was your classic Catholic Irish kid. I went to mass every Sunday. Then in secondary school I went to boarding school, and there was mass seven days a week before breakfast - it may have put me off!
