Cecelia Ahern Quotes
I just need to do something new.... I've got the big remote control of life in my hands, and I'm ready to start pushing some buttons.
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If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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I got through with my ability to mimic others and make people laugh. I swaggered through life, but, in reality, I lived in fear pretty much every day. I acted like a completely normal person, and I suppose I was good at it. But, inside, it was a very different story.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.
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I learned how to play mandolin for 'A Mighty Wind!'
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My 9-year-old daughter can recite every line from 'Easy Rider,' and that is not an easy song to do. She raps all of Nicki Minaj and everything; she's dope. She has my musical ear for sure. She sings, and she's beautiful. It's very powerful.
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I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.
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Not if the butcher had become a butcher simply in order to have a chance of murdering the baker. One must always look one step behind, my friend.
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The truth is I was nicely brought up and taught not to show my rage even though it was building up inside.
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Then you have to be with somebody who understands your job. Understands there are gonna be dollybirds going, 'Hi I'm Candy,' and be prepared to ignore that. And also be prepared to be there when you get home. That's a difficult job.
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Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am.
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If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.
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For a long time, the Court has moved toward outlawing all forms of racial preference, including affirmative action, and Obama seems accepting, even supportive, of the change.
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When I was on the road with Billy Bragg, it was cool because I was doing the whole thing solo and travel a lot by myself, which I quite like. I mean, I love being with friends, but it's kind of nice having that alone time.
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After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause.
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Freedom doesn't become 'lost' through abuse; freedom is lost through our failure to exercise it.
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I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
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I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
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To inspire a singularity of focus, a challenge must be important to you and it must be something you feel you should do now in this moment. If it's trivial or not time-bound, you won't engage. So in selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.
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I just need to do something new.... I've got the big remote control of life in my hands, and I'm ready to start pushing some buttons.
