Aoife O'Donovan Quotes
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.
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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.
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I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.
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If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence of the so-called young.
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I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy.
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Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.
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No woman or girl is going to want to spend time looking at pretty dresses on the Internet. Vogue is going to be around for a long time to come.
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& he ill, he real, he might gotta deal He pop bottles & he got the right kinda bill
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The human mind has claimed for water one of its highest values-the value of purity.
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It is not extraordinary that the extraterrestrial origin of women was a recurrent theme of science fiction.
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To achieve a more balanced international system over time, countries with excessive and unsustainable trade surpluses will need to allow their exchange rates to better reflect market fundamentals.
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He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.
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Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you.
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The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees; I want money.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's everything.
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I didn't grow up in a creative environment. It was very boring town, boring everything. You go to school and you basically hate all the other kids because you don't understand them or what it's all about. At the same time I'm happy for that because I became very withdrawn and when you become withdrawn you develop your own bizarre-o personality.
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The Israel stories were really hard for me to write, because I think that my book is very much about politics, but it isn't political. It really was important for me to not have a political agenda at all, because I have a hard time stomaching any political fiction that feels message-y.
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I've always been fascinated by flight and the freeness of birds.
