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"Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks."
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"That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there."


"Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again."
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"If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell."
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"When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin."
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"So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We're going to tour when we want to, regardless of whether we've got a record out."
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"There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means."


"If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself."
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"The best thing about New York is everything is available. Whatever you want, New York has got it!"
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"You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty."
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"I want to be all that I am capable of becoming."


"From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing."
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"It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records."
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"All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels."
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"Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing."


"When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years."


"It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts."
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"When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up."
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"I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them.'"
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