Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin Quotes
Enya is more than just me. It's also Nicky, who arranges my melodies, and his wife Roma, who writes the lyrics. They believed in my music from day one

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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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I really love learning and working long hours.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.
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If we find life out there, and it's not us, we will deem it not intelligent. But what may be equally as likely is that we find life that's vastly more intelligent than we are. If that's the case, we are putty in their hands.
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Green tea throughout the day is the healthiest thing I've discovered for me.
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It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.
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I had never danced all my life until I shot for my first song in 'Chirutha.'
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There's too many good musicians around for the music around for the business to be sagging.
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Enya is more than just me. It's also Nicky, who arranges my melodies, and his wife Roma, who writes the lyrics. They believed in my music from day one