Kate Voegele Quotes
My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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I grew up in New York.
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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'Green Garden' is about beauty and joy and lush green and dance and excitement and smiling from within.
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I guess you just fall into things when to you're supposed to.
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There may be little practical difference between a Ford Mondeo and a BMW three series, but in terms of perceptions of who you are and what you are, then they are worlds apart.
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Reuniting with my brothers musically has been really incredible.
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My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.
