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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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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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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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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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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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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At least I can say that I'm honest.
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I've heard time and again from small business owners in Ohio that extending bonus depreciation is the single biggest factor in allowing their businesses to grow. Allowing companies to use these tools for capital reinvestment is a common-sense way to encourage job creation.
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You never want to be caught off guard on the red carpet.
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Attacking another American's qualifications solely based on his ethnic background is bigotry. Plain and simple.
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It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side.
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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!
