Cecelia Ahern Quotes
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
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Sometimes we all work so hard to overcome various things, and we are very cruel as a society and tough on people who we think aren't trying hard enough.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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You can always plan where you think your life is going to go but I don't think you can really plan your future.
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Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.
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If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
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If you only think about yourself - how much money can I make, what can I buy, how nice is my house, what kind of fancy car do I have? - over the long term, I think, you get bored. I think your life becomes diminished. The way to live a full life is to think: What can I do for others?
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Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
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Mozart is the incarnation of music.
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What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.
