Aoife O'Donovan Quotes
When I sang the line, 'Songs about Old Ireland.Songs about being young again.I wish I was young again,' twice people cried. I saw them.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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I love the Victorian era, and I always have, but I had a leg up on the writing because I was familiar with a lot of the science from the Victorian era. And that led to a massive interest in the science of this time of history.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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They hate whom they fear.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.
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I believe in hard work, not luck factor. The best efforts will reap the best fruits. Nobody can take all the credit. We don't even talk about the efforts of the director, the writers, other technicians, etc. They all together take a film to another level.
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I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
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My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence.
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That Shakespeare wanted Art.
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I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.
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Make no mistake about it. I don't want a man in here to go back home thinking otherwise; we are going to win.
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Most of my ambitions were seeded at St. John's. My time there was some of the best time I have spent on Earth thus far.
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We do need women in civic life. We do need women to run for office, to be in political office. We need a feminist to be at the table when decisions are being made so that the right decisions will be made.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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When people ask me that, I say I don't want to be remembered. It means I'm no longer around.
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When I sang the line, 'Songs about Old Ireland.Songs about being young again.I wish I was young again,' twice people cried. I saw them.
