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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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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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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Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man’s mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others.
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I would have beaten Bloomberg like a rented mule.
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What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family.
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I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.
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I love that you can pick up your phone at a hotel and have something to eat in your bed. I love home, but there are amenities at a hotel that you simply don't have at home.
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So you met someone who set you back on your heels - goody, goodyYou met someone and now you know how it feels - goody, goody
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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.
