Fionnula Flanagan Quotes
I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing, for in the broader melting pot we get to look at some of these self-destructive attributes that we bring to bear upon our own quarrels and begin to solve them in ways other than just splitting apart.
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The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't.
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My experience growing up in a rough and tumble town in the blue-collar world of Western Pennsylvania in the 1970s was that anything a man did was always more important than anything a woman did.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.
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The public makes it so that we have to keep assaulting each other.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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We have to look after the health of the players. Quality suffers with too many games.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
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I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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If you don't know,say so. It's a simple statement that enhances credibility.
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Sweet music, and your secret heart. Both have the healing grace.
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I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off.
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I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.
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I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing, for in the broader melting pot we get to look at some of these self-destructive attributes that we bring to bear upon our own quarrels and begin to solve them in ways other than just splitting apart.
