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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And where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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I have a profound resistance to the idea that a reader could say, 'Oh, well, that's her story.' We should all be interested, no matter where we come from, or who our parents are. It's not my province; it's ours. These questions concern us all.
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Even the best novels have their share of stinker lines.
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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
