Imelda May Quotes
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I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.
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When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from, since there was no school play or any of that - my mom gave me her blessing. I had to get a scholarship - that was the only way I could have gone to drama school.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.
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I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
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Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.
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There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.
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I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.
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I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bongo drum. I was the last person in the circle, and when it got to me I played 'Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits' - in front of all the parents. Blew the crowd away at five years old.
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I remember being really shocked after Mellow Gold came out and going on tour, and all these kids were there. It totally disturbed me. Who are all these young people? I'd been playing Mississippi John Hurt covers in coffee shops to a bunch of thirty-, forty-, fifty-year olds. Then all of a sudden there were these teenagers.
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I've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet.
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The lack of space and a growing prison population has strained resources and put pressure on all levels of the penal system.
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I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
