Deirdre O'Kane Quotes
I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a different campaign for every month on the calendar.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I could do anything I wanted to do, even as a girl. I've always believed that the economics of a story intersects with the women's story - that stuff often happens at the time it happens because of the economy.
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There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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Give me coffee! I'm going to write!
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time and what went on in that place.
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One day I think it's the greatest idea ever that I'm working on. The next day I think it's the worst that I've ever worked on - and I swing between that a lot. Some days I'm very happy with what I'm doing, and the next day I am desperate - it's not working out!
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I think my mother would be very happy if I found a nice Welsh girl.
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I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.
