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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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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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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Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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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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Only 10 percent of people who go to art school will still be making art in 10 years. To some extent, you have to want to do it. It's hard. It is something you really have to stick with for it to work.
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I just had this New York thing. When I got there, I felt so at home. I said, 'This is where the crazy people go.' It's OK to be yourself in New York. In L.A., it's difficult.
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Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock 'n' roll which is a primitive form.
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It's not that I dislike many people. It's just that I don't like many people.
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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.
