George A. Sheehan Quotes
Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.
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It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
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I'm pretty hard on myself in general.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
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Like I said, everybody has got something they have to deal with health-wise, and everybody's human. I should look after myself better, but so should everybody, right?
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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As a visual storyteller, a lot is learning what to include so you're not being redundant between images and text.
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When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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I need to be looked after. I'm not talking about diamond rings and nice restaurants and fancy stuff – in fact, that makes me uncomfortable. I didn't grow up with it, and it's not me, you know. But I need someone to say to me, 'Shall I run you a bath?' or 'Let's go to the pub, just us.'
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I've always had to have some kind of failure before I was successful.
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But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.
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Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
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One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.
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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.
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When my novel 'Beach Music' came out in 1995, I had included a couple of recipes in the book and had tried to impart some of my love of Roman cuisine and the restaurants of Rome.
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I had a small-town life - I worked at the local McDonald's for three years. I'm not sure why they kept me: I am something of a daydreamer and a dawdler, so they would only let me be the 'friendly voice' that greeted you when you entered the restaurant.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
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Not everybody's life is like 'Gossip Girl.'
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The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to accord with what can be done and what is given it to do.
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When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.
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Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.
