Erin McKeown Quotes
Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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I've always adored my father's music, but ever since I'd started singing, whether it was while I was still a student at the University of Massachusetts or professionally, I avoided Dad's material.
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You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.
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The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.
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At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.
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Americans have been dumbed down to the point where more people watching 'American Idol' than listen to the state of the union address. And that's too bad. I'm not trying to take any bread out of the mouth of Simon Cowell, but if the president is speaking to the people of the United States, and people are going to watch 'American Idol,' that's sad.
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I think Westerns are always so great for clearing out the clutter and the ambiguities, and getting right to the broad strokes of that kind of situation.
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It means I don't have much depth of vision.
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A Russia that gradually begins to gravitate toward the West will also be a Russia that ceases to disrupt the international system.
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Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.
