Eugene Kennedy Quotes
There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves.
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What's interesting is to be sexy but not know it. You'll be in a restaurant, and some girls will walk in and you can tell that they really want to be sexy. It's written on their faces because that's all they want to show. There's a fear that one might not look further.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.
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I really try to get eight hours of sleep, and I really try not to go out after a Tuesday or Friday night show because I know I have a two-show day the following day.
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I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.
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Saints are only sinners who keep trying.
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Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.
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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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I ask myself more questions than Hamlet as I ponder which shoes to wear
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There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves.
