Bertie Ahern Quotes
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that's not how it is for me. When I'm over 200 pounds, that's when I'm the most confident version of myself.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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My father is an amazing person.
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Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
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Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino workers have helped improve our skills and technological standards.
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The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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I am married.
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I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.
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They'd better be physically tough when they start pulling on their football pants.
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In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies.
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When my soul was in the lost-and-found You came along to claim it.
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I don't think I've been bored, ever. I've always been working on two or three things at a time; whether it was in the early days, or whatever, I was always working on something.
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I have never had the money to make too many large purchases.
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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If you could help millions of people, you can certainly make millions of dollars. I try to influence everyone I know to be a giver because the person that benefits most by giving is the giver.
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Time magazine reported him as speaking of "upsetting the apple tart".
