Sophie McShera Quotes
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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Don't trust anyone over 30.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention.
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In 1955-56, Saint Joseph's won the first Big Five championship, compiled a 23-6 overall record, and entered its first postseason competition ever - the National Invitation Tournament - finishing third. That season's success seemed to vault St. Joe's into the national collegiate basketball scene, and it has been there since.
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It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.
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You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.
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J. L. Austin; James Opie Urmson, Geoffrey James Warnock eds. (1979) Philosophical Papers, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford.
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It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.
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But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange.
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I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'
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I never want to make the quarterback feel like I'm being a distraction or I've got any negativity toward him.
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Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.
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I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!
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I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.
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I was always the classroom clown, and the teachers allowed me a certain latitude. The assemblies were good, and the headmaster used to tell little stories; I loved the idea of communal storytelling.
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In the music industry, we value large success. I realized that while I would like that, that it's not what my writing is about. And if I start making it about that, it becomes impure.
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I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old hair metal stuff, like castles and stuff.
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The poets who have written the best poems about war seem to be the poets whose countries have experienced an invasion or vicious dictatorships.
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I love dressing up, though I have to hide my rubbish hair in a hat.
