Catherine McNeil Quotes
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.
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I'm totally comfortable with myself.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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Australia is an island surrounded by water. My fondest memories growing up were trips to the beach, walking around the harbor and playing in the beautiful parks.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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A sentence that clots in your mouth is unlikely to flow in your mind.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily.
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When in doubt, do it.
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When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
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As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie.
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A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
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Though farm chores and construction work are the most physically demanding jobs that I currently do, they feel like recess to me. And there's something really beautiful about work that feels like play.
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Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
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The sun is perfect and you woke this morning. You have enough language in your mouth to be understood. You have a name, and someone wants to call it. Five fingers on your hand and someone wants to hold it. If we just start there, every beautiful thing that has and will ever exist is possible. If we start there, everything, for a moment, is right in the world.
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The day that I die will be by far the most beautiful day I ever lived.
