Aoife O'Donovan Quotes
I could hunker down by myself and listen closely to mixes, but then to be able to have a sounding board of peers to get advice and feedback.
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To me, 'Underground Luxury' is kinda like a contrasting title, and the reason for that is because on this album I plan on introducing to people and reintroducing to people the side of me that they didn't see on the first album.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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New York City has an integration problem.
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It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.
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CIU is not something to just tolerate. It's important to find an allergist or dermatologist who can work with you to help manage your condition.
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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.
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Making your dad happy is - especially for an Italian Catholic girl, I'll tell you - it feels really good.
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As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
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In film or TV work, you can have this amazingly dramatic pause, and they'll just edit it out.
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As much as I want to help people, I had to accept the fact long ago that being stupid with money isn't illegal.
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You know why I don't like that camera? Because it prevents me from seeing you!
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I have written for, very fortunately, some great singers from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.
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I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp magazines, like 'Dime Western' and '10 Story Western' that were still being published. The better ones paid two cents a word. And I thought, 'I like Westerns.'
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I don't think I could make a pop album.
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Georgia has some really tough allergies.
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Do you ever leave a message for somebody and the answering machine cuts you off, and you have to decide whether you should not call back, or call back and appear like a stalker? "Hi. It's me again. I forgot to tell you that I'm going to kill you. Because I'm the freak who keeps calling and calling."
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Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.
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Birmingham people are the salt of the earth, and I've carried that with me all around the world. People respond to a certain down-to-earthness that I have, and that's purely as a result of coming from Birmingham.
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Improv relies just as much on listening as it does you delivering dialogue. That's the hard for some people. Some people just concentrate on what they're going to say, and they're not listening. You have to listen in order to see where the other person is going to.
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I could hunker down by myself and listen closely to mixes, but then to be able to have a sounding board of peers to get advice and feedback.
