William P. Leahy Quotes
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I was blacklisted because of this activity, so I'm not a typical anything.
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I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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So, I'm on 'Sesame Street,' walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be.
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I'm just an ordinary, walking-down-the-street, mother of two children who sings for her supper.
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It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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Everyone always comes to one point in their life as an artist where you can either let your heart guide you or your ego.
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The point of art is to emphasize some elements at the expense of others.
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Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock.
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The deadliest Pharisaism today is not hypocrisy, but unconscious unreality.
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Retiring today allows me to walk away from the game with pride, rather than have the game walk away from me.
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The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.
