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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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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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 state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.
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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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Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life.
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I've always loved video games. I played 'Ms. Pac-man' with my dad, and I Ioved 'Galaga' and 'Tempest' and grew up on the standing arcade games. Even to this day, my dad will call me if he's playing 'Ms. Pac-man' and hold the phone up to the game.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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Every song asks to be sung in a different way.
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All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They were written from the heart.
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I am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want!