Erin McKeown Quotes

I didn't realize at the time that if I wrote about something, I was going to have to talk about something. A lot. Ad nauseum.

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• There's some songs you can cover, and I've covered and butchered a few, but you can't do them all.

  

  Rick Astley
  • Song
  • Some
  • Cover

• My denim jacket had 'I love GNR' and 'I love AC/DC' written all over it, but I always came back to swing.

  

  Paloma Faith

• We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world wants to come here, people who are willing to take risks, people who want to build on their dreams and make sure their kids have an - even bigger dreams than they have.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• M: Is he smart I: She yes very smart sees right through me M: In my day we valued blindness rather more.

  

  Anne Carson
  • She
  • Day
  • Smart

• Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song.

  

  Anne Carson
  • Music
  • Song
  • Drama

• Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster.

  

  Jon Bon Jovi
  • Running
  • Mean
  • inspirational

• Today, of course, the world's perception of India has changed tremendously. People understand its role in world affairs; they understand that India is not some backward nation. In fact, it is the fastest growing free-market democracy in the world today, and that says it all.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • People
  • World
  • Today

• Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Society
  • Education
  • Compassion

• I won gold medals representing this country, but I've gotten more recognition around the world than I have in my own back yard.

  

  Bob Hayes
  • World
  • Country
  • Gold

• Unfortunately being born princess doesn't autimatically make a girl graceful or confident, a fact I've lamented for most of my fourteen years

  

  E.D. Baker
  • Girl
  • Princess

• I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

  

  Drew Carey
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Comedian

• Now, I'm not going to be misquoted on this like I have numerous times before, so I'll be quite clear. I've never said hitler was my hero, just that if he had focused on more than one race he would have had the right idea. Try to turn that one against me.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Ideas
  • Hero
  • Race

• Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.

  

  Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Find
  • Loving
  • Babe

• Failure is a big part of a free market's success. People fail to live up to their potential, or to carry out all their good intentions, in all kinds of economic and political systems. Capitalism makes them pay a price for their failures, while socialism, feudalism, fascism and other systems enable personal failures, especially by those at the top, to be ignored.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Political
  • Kind
  • Economic

• It's really comforting for me and Jeff, at least, that after 12 years we finally feel we've reached a place where we can be more honest, real and loving with each other. And we're finally in a band that we know is good, and deserves the credit it's getting.

  

  Stone Gossard Pearl Jam
  • Band
  • Honest
  • Loving

• I didn't realize at the time that if I wrote about something, I was going to have to talk about something. A lot. Ad nauseum.

  

  Erin McKeown
  • Realizing