Imelda May Quotes
My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don't have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to have, to satisfy human greed.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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Five days in Nairobi slums changes you.
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I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.
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I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.
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If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.
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My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
