Heather O'Reilly Quotes
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I feel like I've been locked up tight for a century, waiting for someone to release me.
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Old age likes to dwell in the recollections of the past, and, mistaking, the speedy march of years, often is inclined to take the prudence of the winter time for a fat wisdom of, midsummer days. Manhood is bent to the passing cares of the passing moment, and holds so closely to his eyes the sheet of, "to-day," that it screens the "to-morrow" from his sight.
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I think enjoying each other in a creative way is usually a result of when you're doing something that might be problematic - might be a little difficult to uncover. I've done it once in a stage production; we came in for two days and, just as an experiment, the director had us reading each other's roles. You hear another voice interpreting a line that maybe you were having trouble with. It can be very helpful. But we weren't really in the kind of situation where that was necessary.
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Poe tried alcohol, and any drug he could lay his hands on. He also tried any human being he could lay his hands on.
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I see drawings and pictures in the poorest huts, in the dirtiest corner. And my mind is drawn toward these things by an irresistible force.
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I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.
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It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
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Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.
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Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.
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You can't take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.
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The greatest danger hanging over our children and grandchildren is initiation of changes that will be irreversible on any time scale that humans can imagine.
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I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.
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My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.
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I've probably done more venture capital deals and expansion financings than I have done private equity deals. But both are the same. Private equity companies have also built jobs.
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Poor quality is remembered long after low prices are forgotten.
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I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and that's the end. They are finished. I want to paint the air which surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat, the beauty of the air in which these objects are located, and that is nothing short of impossible.
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You can't let the highs get too high and you can't let the lows get too low.
