Joanne Kelly Quotes
I'm a child of the literary bent. I don't want to see 140 characters. I want to see a story.
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It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
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I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone. I don't mean to sound Zen, but genuinely, when I stopped competing with anything is when I started enjoying my work, and that brought out the best in me. I'm living in a universe of my own, and I'm enjoying that. I love to appreciate other people's work.
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When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
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People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
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As I've gotten older, I've had to change my food intake.
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Beijing, much as it has done with Hong Kong, persists in equating 'people power' with instability.
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As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!
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Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, life can change. Don't ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?
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The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it became much more problematic than I thought it would be.
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I've always loved the word blunderbuss. I've always thought that it was a beautiful word and that it could mean several different things.
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Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking.
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The worst aspect of dating from the perspective of many men is how dating can feel to a man like robbery by social custom – the social custom of him taking money out of his pocket, giving it to her, and calling it a date. To a young man, the worst dates feel like being robbed and rejected. Boys risk death to avoid rejection (e.g., by joining the Army)
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Drugs: 'There’s no way to keep them from getting in. Anyone who wants drugs can get them. We make arrests where we can, and so what? Me, I’m betting on Darwin.''How do you mean?''The next generation won’t use drugs because they’ll be descended from people who had better sense.'
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I remember very much there in Falls Church there was a creek that was flowing down into 4 Mile Run. I believe it's now covered up where it goes under Columbia Street. I found a whole family of weasels down there.
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There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.
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When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him.
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There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.
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I promise you it's not that. If I can play the way I played the last two games from some controversy, I will hope there's controversy going on all of the time.
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I'm a child of the literary bent. I don't want to see 140 characters. I want to see a story.
