Gail Sheehy Quotes
I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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I really don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I mean, not only was He the greatest human being to ever walk the earth, He's everything that I want to strive for. He's everything that anyone should ever want to strive for.
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Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
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I love movies, and if the right thing comes along I'm so interested.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Time was God's first creation.
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I think we were trying to get off Combat from the moment we were on Combat.
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I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.
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When you feel your family is being threatened and hurt, you speak up. And then you put your head down and go back about your business.
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My standup is years and years of me working things out on the road. I'm really proud of it! A lot of it is about, well... I don't know why I feel this way, but I feel like every special or show I do is some variation on how I feel like I'm not a girl, not yet a woman.
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There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
