Cecelia Ahern Quotes
When you're on your own, you look for signs. Sometimes you make them up, sometimes they're actually there, but most of the time you can't tell the difference from the two.
Quotes to Explore
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.
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Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.
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I've been trying to get into comedy for years. I had a meeting with one of the networks a couple years ago, a general meeting, and when they asked what I was looking for and I told them I'd prefer to do comedy, it was as if I had two heads.
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Growing up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from our farm added a lot to the way I taste and look at food today, and I wanted the same for my kids and other kids.
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Privacy is a vast subject. Also, remember that privacy and convenience is always a trade-off. When you open a bank account and want to borrow some money, and you want to get a very cheap loan, you'll share all details of your assets because you want them to give you a low interest rate.
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My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.
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I'm more of a thriller-horror fan - things that could really happen. I don't like scary movies, the 'Saw' movies scare the crap out of me - I think I've seen two of them and I wanted to go crawl in a hole.
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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.
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I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.
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Something is missing in our culture. We can't quite celebrate the scientific literary tradition.
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The easiest way to thrive as an outlier is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are.
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I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.
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The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.
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I was trying to write a straightforward book of sociological analysis, or at least cultural criticism, and I failed.
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When you're on your own, you look for signs. Sometimes you make them up, sometimes they're actually there, but most of the time you can't tell the difference from the two.
