Judith McKenna Quotes
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.
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Race differences show up early in life.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
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Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid. There's never anything in between.
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Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.
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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
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I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'
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When I saw how people would react and be touched by my voice, this was the moment I thought maybe there's something more to this than just singing around the house.
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Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.
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Fine Gael is the party of opportunity, and no matter what background you come from, we give people a chance, and it gave me a chance.
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Letters should be easy and natural.
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I've got more junk in the trunk than most 5-foot-1 blonde girls, and I like it.
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What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my book. It's a trust between the government and the people.
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I work as long as I need to work to do what I need to do.
