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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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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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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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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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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If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.
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Every record is a gate of a certain kind for me.
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I've always loved independent music stores because the staff is usually there because of a genuine love and appreciation for music. They're more in-tune with the customers and I'm willing to pay the extra dollar or two for the service they provide. Some of my greatest music discoveries have come from picking up an album at an indy store and the cat behind the register saying "You like this man? Have you heard of so-and-so?" I prefer to shop where people understand me and the music- the music i like.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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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.
