Heather O'Neill Quotes
In Lullabies, I wanted to capture what I remembered of the drunken babbling of unfortunate twelve-year-olds: their illusions, their ludicrously bad choices, their lack of morality and utter disbelief in cause and effect
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Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.
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I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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If you want to see the real Pablo Escobar, go see a documentary.
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You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive.
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I've lived in Los Angeles for at least 24 years.
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Show me where Stalin is buried and I'll show you a Communist Plot.
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Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives.
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A book is either autobiography or a novel.
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Organic compounds exist in which a hydrogen atom, joined to the carbon, acquires acid properties as a result of the proximity of certain functional groupings.
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Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.
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I think - there's always going to be a percentage of people who maybe aren't as good as others.
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The only sci-fi movie that I've ever been offered that, had circumstances been different, I would have definitely done, was 'Avatar.' And I literally couldn't do it because of my schedule. But listening to James Cameron talk about 'Avatar' was so fascinating. Because he literally invented the world in his mind - and it literally existed.
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We all share some commonalities with the states we come from and where we come from on the political spectrum. There's a lot of work to be done to make sure we continue to have strong advocacy for these values that we find in the heartland, in red and rural states.
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My mum is a singer and harpist, and my dad writes fantastic poetry, so we've grown up around a lot of words and music.
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I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.
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My strength as a singer is my versatility. I find it really frustrating when I'm only expected to show off. The music industry is awash with female acrobats. What happens to the song, and treating it for its sake and not as an ego example?
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I'm the smallest man in show business, and I've got the smallest bird in Britain nesting in my garden.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.
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Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the routine is rigorously proscribed by law, the law, and not the man, must have the credit of the conduct.
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Literatures, like trees and plants, are born of a land and in it flourish and die. But literatures, also like plants, may be carried abroad to take root in a foreign soil.
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There are opportunities everywhere, just as there have always been.
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In Lullabies, I wanted to capture what I remembered of the drunken babbling of unfortunate twelve-year-olds: their illusions, their ludicrously bad choices, their lack of morality and utter disbelief in cause and effect
