Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin Quotes
I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Excellence always sells.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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I love trying new restaurants.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.
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I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.
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Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.
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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance of rhythm in poetry. Well, everybody knows - except us - that all Negroes have rhythms, so they elected me class poet.
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I think if a movie makes you cry, you probably needed to cry.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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The satisfaction that I get from doing what I do is not what I thought. I thought it would be that I'd feel like a star, I'd feel important. But I don't.
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The only thing that prevented a father's love from faltering was the fact that there was in his possession a photograph of himself at the same early age, in which he, too, looked like a homicidal fried egg.
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I am privileged to do a job I love to do. I would never change any moment from my life.
