Eddi Reader Quotes
I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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If you're old enough to be arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Once you're in a room like '30 Rock,' it's a creative setting, so you write more even after you go home, just because you're still in that mode of coming up with jokes. So the job wasn't sapping standup jokes, but it was sapping stand up time and energy, and I wouldn't be able to travel as much.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
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I do believe the potential for ConnectU was as big as Facebook's, absolutely.
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You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.
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I am myself of a mixed background.
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A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
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I love this profession, but God, it can just destroy people, and I don't want that to happen and become some monster.
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If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
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The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
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Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.
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I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.
