Maria Doyle Kennedy Quotes
Nobody in my family plays music professionally, but I definitely grew up around the culture of when my parents got together, as well as a lot of eating and drinking going on, they would also sing - they sat around in a circle, and everyone had a party piece.
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My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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I still keep my accent.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
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How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.
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'It must be remembered that Dupach is more than half Negro, and due to the peculiar mentality of this Race, they seem unable to rise to prominence without losing their equilibrium.'
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...our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes.
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Nobody in my family plays music professionally, but I definitely grew up around the culture of when my parents got together, as well as a lot of eating and drinking going on, they would also sing - they sat around in a circle, and everyone had a party piece.
