Edna O'Brien Quotes
Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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I used to hate reading my old work, but now I'm rather fond of it. I quite like going through it in the hope of making it better.
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There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.
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To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.
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At first, I was hesitant when it came to giving autographs, thinking that I am not even worth giving one. But slowly I got over that phase.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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I have to say I am a 'Strictly' fan, which is why I am in it. I've always watched it for years. I am not an 'X Factor' fan, and I just think it is a different show. One is about learning something new and having a great time, and the other is rather desperate.
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
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As Trotsky didn't exactly say, you may not be interested in electronic snoops, but snoops are interested in you, whether or not you keep Coke's secret recipe on your iPhone.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes where we know everything that's going to happen. There's an outline of about seven or eight pages, and then we improvise it.
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A turn or two I'll walk To still my beating mind.
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I'm young but I'm not stupid.
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I suppose we all have our recollections of our earlier holidays, all bristling with horror.
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Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
