Mary Callahan Erdoes Quotes
There is no substitute for hard work. There is a little luck along the way, but there is no substitute for really super-hard work, first in, last out.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.
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I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
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The journalistic endeavor - at least theoretically - is grounded in objectivity. The goal is to get you to understand what happened, when and to whom.
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But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.
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I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
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Everything in life has a price on it - there ain't a damn thing free in America, and football has got a price on it.
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If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
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Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners.
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Many more schools can be outstanding.
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You have psychopaths and sociopaths in charge.
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At the end of the day, you are in control of your own happiness. Life is going to happen whether you overthink it, overstress it or not. Just experience life and be happy along the way. You can't control everything in your life, but you can control your happiness.
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There is no substitute for hard work. There is a little luck along the way, but there is no substitute for really super-hard work, first in, last out.
