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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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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As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie.
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I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.
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America is not doctrinaire. It's hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable.
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In almost every photograph I have ever made, there is something I would do to complete it. I take that to be the spirit hole or the deliberate mistake that's in a Navajo rug to not be godlike, but to be human.
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War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
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We check everything to make sure it is pure and of the highest quality. There is good wine and bad wine; we buy only the good wine.
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We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.
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If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems.
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The day that I die will be by far the most beautiful day I ever lived.
