Orla Brady Quotes
If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own inventiveness, the arbitrariness of its undertaking and the ruthlessness of the way in which it proceeds.
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My introduction to the Madonna Inn came as a young boy when we would take summer vacations to a nearby town. My dad would take us into their gift shop bathroom, which was a huge waterfall that functioned as the men's urinal. So as a kid, this was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.
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I am glad that Wimbledon is my last slam. I love the atmosphere and courts of SW19, and it is an addiction, which I will find tough to give up.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.
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Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.
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A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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The two endorsements I'm most proud of come from Isabel Wilkerson and Toni Morrison. The latter is the greatest American fiction writer of our time, and the former is on her way to being the greatest American nonfiction writer of our time.
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Nothing of what is nobly done is ever lost.
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I think it's nice to do work that is vaguely compromising to your health because it means you really care about it.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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Political parties exist to get bums on seats.
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If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.
