Ed O'Brien Quotes
What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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On 'Sex and The City', when Carrie talked about money problems, I would always think, 'Sell your shoes!'
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast.
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Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
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I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
