Imelda May Quotes
I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finished school. I wasn't allowed to wear make-up: the nuns would scrub your face if they saw it.
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.
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Most people hoard their money - just keep it in the bank. Bitcoin will really take off when people start spending it, creating a velocity of money.
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If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
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Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
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The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
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I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.
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As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.
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I had to learn to accept myself despite the fact that I was seriously underweight. I had to try and feel sexy.
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He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
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It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
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School always comes first. Because I'm home schooled I paint about three hours every day on a school day, but more on the weekends. So I have to get a lot of schoolwork done, but I always get it done and do the best I can and then I paint a bunch. I love painting. It's my career and it's my passion.
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I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finished school. I wasn't allowed to wear make-up: the nuns would scrub your face if they saw it.
