Cecelia Ahern Quotes
I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.
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To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
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We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.
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Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I'm looking for.
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I go through periods where I don't really care what I look like, because I feel more focused on the work that I'm doing, and I don't want to think about it. And then sometimes it feels like the biggest part of my day is getting dressed.
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True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
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I can cry like Roger. It's just a shame I can't play like him.
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I had a year off, so my wife and I were heading to Italy to study Italian. We found a little house in a village called Atrani. I discovered that Gore Vidal lived right above us in a big house, so I sent him a note.
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I didn't go to college.
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Our adversity is never just for us, but to bless others around us.
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Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it.
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You have to make peace with life.
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History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
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I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see.
