Mary McAleese Quotes
That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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I love girl power.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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It fell into my lap. I grew up doing dance classes. And one day, a film production company contacted my dance school looking for background dancers. I wasn't looking for it. It just happened. And I found myself on set. And that was that.
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We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.
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Maybe I was 7 - I probably am exaggerating a little - and immediately was plunged into the fact that there was an official place to put your fantasies. Up until then I didn't know what I would do with them all. It was very exciting for me, and I began very, very early on.
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There are no bad seats at the cabinet table.
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They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.
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That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.
