Marian Keyes Quotes
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If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
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I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.
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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
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Every actor has to move in a Terrence Malick film - that's the requirement. If you stop, he'll tell you, 'No, no, keep moving.' You can't be static. It's a choreography.
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Our economy's growth functions by inciting us to produce more and more with each passing year. In turn, we require cultural forms to enable us to sort through the glut, and our rituals are once again directed towards the immaterial, towards quality and not quantity.
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If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
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As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.
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I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.
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Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.
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Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.
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Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.
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New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture.
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I was for sure not prepared for fame when it happened.
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Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
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When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only get involved with young people you don't learn anything about the world.
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My mala beads are very precious to me. A yoga teacher and friend named Leslie made them for me with love and intention. They are very grounding, and I love them.
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Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.
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When it comes to orchestral music, whenever I see a concert with orchestra and strings, and I arrive and there are speakers up, my heart always sinks a little bit, and I think, 'It's going to be down to some sound guy's ideas.' Contact microphones on the violins. I'm a purist, I suppose.
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One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.
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When people tell me I am better than I think I am I feel good about myself.
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I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy.
