Deirdre O'Kane Quotes
It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.Deirdre O'Kane
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
Vikram Seth -
Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.
Samantha Bond -
In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
Beck -
I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
Ralph Fiennes -
I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
Nathaniel Kahn -
Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian.
Aaron Klein -
Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
Fareed Zakaria -
I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
Eddie Izzard -
I remember on Deus Ex there was one programmer - Alex Durand, a guy who still works for us - he decided he was going to get through the game without ever using a weapon. I would never think to do that. And that's fine.
Warren Spector -
AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.
Ice T
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My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.
Lance Loud -
I've used my time at 'GH' to learn some discipline.
Nathan Parsons -
When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.
Carine Roitfeld -
Grishkin is nice: herRussian eye is underlined for emphasis;Uncorseted, her friendly bustGives promise of pneumatic bliss.
T. S. Eliot -
Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author’s own conscience.
Anton Chekhov -
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
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To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.
Gail Tsukiyama -
We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.
David Beckham -
I just want to be able to be creative.
Jenny Slate -
Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.
Dagobert D. Runes -
It wasn't that I left acting; it's just that I put it aside while I set about becoming a comic.
Deirdre O'Kane