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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Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
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Human beings do not wish to be modest; they want to be as expressive - that is, as immodest - as fear allows; fashion helps them solve that paradoxical problem.
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The first time I was on 'Johnny Carson,' I remember being so scared, but the minute he started talking to me, I felt a little more comfortable because I just knew he was going to take care of me. Hopefully, I have learned something from watching him for so many years that I can offer that to a guest.
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Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.
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I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.
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Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.
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You see how even an illness can be romanticized. Tuberculosis got the treatment: Keats, the Lady of the Camellias, the foggy dew, and so on. We must make romantic literature out of cancer - can you imagine that?
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The biggest lie in the world is in answer to the question, 'How are you?' People usually say, 'I'm fine,' but that's mostly bull. Everyone wants to display being perfect. They tell themselves and their friends, 'I drive this car, I own this house, I'm fine.' People ball up into these tight wads of repression.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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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
