Cecelia Ahern Quotes
You shouldn't try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you're supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you're supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it's necessary because it's all part of you getting to the next part of yourself, the next day.
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
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No one will be forced to take the public option. The word option means choice.
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It felt when I was growing up that sport was, like, the only thing you should do... if you do music, you're really different and a bit weird.
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I think legislation needs to put an end to doctors profiting on businesses to which they can funnel patients - that is business, not medicine. If you try to call it medicine, then it is corruption. Without legislation, it will keep happening.
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I think it's just a nerve-wracking thing to sing in a movie in general.
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I keep my sisters on speed dial.
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People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.
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Once you get the kids raised and the mortgage paid off and accomplish what you wanted to do in life, there's a great feeling of: 'Hey, I'm free as a bird.'
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Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide.
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Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
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I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
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I love the people I work with and the stuff I've found and that's found me.
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My fan following is intact. They only like to see me in movies, which I am still doing for them. I do not need to do any long interviews or chat shows.
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As an actor, there's nothing worse than the sound of 'seven years'. I'm sure to some people it sounds amazing, but to us, it's, like, seven years of playing the same person.
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For me, the acting part - and I have to say it makes me a little worried about my own psychological make-up - is that I just love to hide in other characters. I don't like to get up in front of people and talk as Kathy Baker. But as soon as you say 'action,' I'm lost in that character.
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When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation.
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You shouldn't try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you're supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you're supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it's necessary because it's all part of you getting to the next part of yourself, the next day.
