Cecelia Ahern Quotes
people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.
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I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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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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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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Many are called but few get up.
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I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.
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Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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Fun opens the doors to creativity, which then leads to inspiration, which then births passion, which all together equals both happiness and success!
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In a novel, I think you have a contract with the reader to make the character representative - of a moment in history, a social class... for instance, I wanted to make the boy in 'A Boy's Own Story' more like other gay men of my generation in their youth and not like me.
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Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
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Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
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Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
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More than comparing with somebody else, I'd prefer comparing my own work from film to film.
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I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.
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With 'Believe' bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first time, it meant I have been touring around the world and that led to a gap from the studio. I really feel like the gap has done me the world of good. Throughout that time I was able to collect songs that I really loved.
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The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell
