Erin McKeown Quotes
I am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want!
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I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and is becoming increasingly sectarian, autocratic, and nationalistic.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.
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If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.
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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.
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Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead, he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself... By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities.
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The history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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Brecht always liked people to be aware that they were in a theatre. I said to him more than once, but Brecht, what makes you think they think they're anywhere else?
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I am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want!
