Caroline Corr Quotes
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Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
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It is enough for a poet to be the guilty conscience of his age.
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My voice is distinctive: there's a rhythm to it, and also, it's funny. I was just blessed with a funny-sounding voice.
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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The drills we do, where you're telling kids to memorize things, don't actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.
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The truth is that killing innocent people is always wrong - and no argument or excuse, no matter how deeply believed, can ever make it right. No religion on earth condones the killing of innocent people; no faith tradition tolerates the random killing of our brothers and sisters on this earth.
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Religious traditions are easy to lose sight of in today's marketing frenzy. Make sure you take time to gently usher your little ones into the rituals that have special meaning for you.
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Children are all foreigners.
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Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.
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I teach at the Stanford Business School, and about half of my students are foreign, many of whom, I hope, will stay and build businesses in U.S. But I must tell you that they also have opportunities to come back to India and start great companies and operations.
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When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, so I would ride my mop through the projects.
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I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.
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What I really honestly want is just to be working steadily... I would love to just be on a great TV show and have it run for awhile.
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Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's 'Jupiter Symphony' is sublime and beautiful?' There are all sorts of things which come at a more lowly level than that - 'How do I know that two plus two equals four?' There are different layers, different types of knowing.
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Creating sustainable jobs means doubling down on Baltimore's formidable strengths.
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You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
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I moderated a panel focusing just on women and the specific challenges that women entrepreneurs face. And we found that around the world, the challenges are the same, whether it is gaining access to capital, risk-taking, or the ability to expand beyond a small business and grow.
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I am a socialist, so I am not worried about socialism. I am worried about dictators who are putting everyone into a socialist state for their own benefit.
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As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.
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I love hanging out with friends and family.
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We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic.
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I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today.
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I really like to have a bit of direction, you know?
