Irene Dunne Quotes
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I think that God kind of put me in the place in my life to not be quiet about it, not be quiet about Him, but to reach people and to inspire people.
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In my lab, we're interested in the transition from chemistry to early biology on the early earth.
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Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than me, but for some reason you get the ball, and now - and now you run with it. And you do the best you can.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
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My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community.
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Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer.
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I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago.
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I was born in Colorado and grew up in Pennsylvania with family in Texas and Oklahoma.
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A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.
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There's only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it's all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, 'I love you.'
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Your goals should be to have the system work for you instead of your working for the system! Be the hammer - not the nail!
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Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower.
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I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
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Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture capital profits.
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My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.
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Women are really scrutinised for what they wear.
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Think of an abstract painting as very, very low relief - a thing, not a picture.
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As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.
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Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When I was 6, I got beat up and called dirty Jew boy because they thought I looked Jewish.
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Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.
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To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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One of the choicest occupations here is ripping reputations into pieces.
