Cecelia Ahern Quotes
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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China just banned ICO fundraising. They did Silicon Valley and the U.S. a favor - now we get first dibs.
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Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion.
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Before I left China, I was educated that China was the richest, happiest country in the world. So when I arrived Australia, I thought, 'Oh my God, everything is different from what I was told.' Since then, I started to think differently.
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Man, the two-fold creature, apprehends The two-fold manner, in and outwardly, And nothing in the world comes single to him. A mere itself, - cup, column, or candlestick, All patterns of what shall be in the Mount; The whole temporal show related royally, And build up to eterne significance Through the open arms of God.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.
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If you can be who you are on camera, which is not easy, then I think you're going to be successful.
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Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.'
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The great thing about interning at 'Teen Vogue' is that there is so much room for growth; interns here do incredible things if they work hard enough and think outside the box.
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I think the key is that nothing's ever perfect and you've got to be able to go with change. It's a lot easier said then done because I especially like things very structured and I don't like change, but it's part of life; you've got to just deal with it.
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Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.
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The future has never been something that I've been able to plan. Every time I try - I don't care if it's three or four days ahead or a week ahead - it just doesn't pan out.
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I never knew my grandfather. He died the year before I was born. But as a child, he did, of course, those wonderful illustrations, 'Treasure Island,' and whatnot.
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I've always been drawn to strong women in every genre, people who push the boundaries because they're just epic.
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I live in Soho in lower New York; there's tons and tons of tourists right outside my door step, obviously. Most of them are European, and all of them have guidebooks. I never see anyone looking at a phone.
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A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
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There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university.
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I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing.
