Seamus Heaney Quotes
I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
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Kochi, formerly called Cochin, is a former European settlement with a large Christian population and a seafaring heritage. It is a town of enormous charm that reminds some visitors of the Caribbean more than India.
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To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone.
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Wealth is just consistency... I don't want to be rich. I want to be wealthy.
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I think there are a lot of great ideas out in America, and I want you to have a say in your government. And that means we have to get unaccountable money out of our politics, overturn Citizens United, and expand voting rights, not restrict them.
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If you love a man, immediately you will reduce your intake of food - it's automatic.
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I used to not watch what I ate. I would just kind of eat whatever.
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Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up.
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I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.
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I am not saying that the Renaissance in any way was a feminist movement - hardly. But the arts flourished, and in more social settings as opposed to being confined to the church.
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I get a bit depressed if I walk into a restaurant and see shark-fin soup on the menu.
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Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
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It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.
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Science fiction was rocket-mad for about 40 years until aerospace hit a brick wall about 1970. I would not write off space colonisation or exploration completely, but we are profoundly ill adapted for going boldly into outer space.
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I try to stay in shape a little bit, but I don't obsess about it.
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I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn't want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought, "Maybe I'll get better and eventually please the person who wrote about my singing." But then I thought, "I probably will never please this person. I should just do what pleases me."
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I really hope that I can be as good as some people think I can be. But I may never work again... and that's the reality of the film industry. So, it's nice but I wouldn't want to go into something feeing like I needed to prove that I was good enough to be there. Maybe in some ways, it makes me think: "Do you know what? Some people think I'm alright, so maybe I should go into a job thinking I'm not rubbish." But I don't really think about it.
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A gentleman can always be told by the way he speaks to those that he thinks are his inferiors in some respect. His equals he does not wish to offend, his superiors he does not dare to offend, and of those whom he considers his inferiors he would be all the more considerate.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.
