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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The specific steps for changing a specific habit differ from person to person and habit to habit, but the steps - the formula - is essentially the same, and once you learn it, you can do amazing things.
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The Fed cannot levitate markets forever. And when they finally do move, I think we have to be prepared for a considerable amount of turbulence.
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I love playing women, and I think that this is a throughline to a lot of the characters I've played - they all have this aspect of being wronged. And I think, a lot of the time, the characters are actually wronged by themselves, and they find someone else to blame it on.
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Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!
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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
