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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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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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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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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The first thing about Houston is it's an organization run from a different perspective. In Cincy, the team lives off money it earns from football. Houston's owner has other business interests, and he controls the money.
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Empowering women in the workforce is a key to growing the economy and having a thriving middle class.
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You can't fight the fact that Detroit is a de-industrializing market and it isn't facing dramatic, positive transformation.
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Washington knows how to spend money.
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Generally speaking, I don't think people know a great deal about the Viking culture, apart from the label that is usually attached to them, either pillagers or deviants who came and brought back loot to Norway. It was an incredibly sophisticated, complex and layered culture. They had their own laws, many of which protected women.
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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.
