Imelda May Quotes

I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.

Imelda May

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 10, 1974

Topics

MusicSchoolChoicesWolfLaugh

If you can't put your values into your vote, we don't have a democracy.

Jill Stein

DemocracyYouValuesVoteYourPut

Like any startup in hyper-growth mode, growth often brings change, and with it, evolution in the executive team.

Jennifer Hyman

ChangeGrowthTeamEvolutionLike

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Robert Green Ingersoll

HeartCourageLosingEarthDefeat

Maybe because I'm a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.

Anna Netrebko

LifeSweetLadyDarkPersonNice

My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and they amputated it.

Roald Dahl

FatherSmallSmall TownWhoBroke

The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.

Mike Oldfield

PeopleProblemsYouYoungWantWell

It's hard to find someone who is really genuinely happy for you if you are having success and they're not.

Mikaela Shiffrin

SuccessHappySomeoneYouFindHard

I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.

Javier Bardem

WorkGoodDayEnd Of The DayEnd

When there's a war, people get married.

Doris Lessing

WarPeopleGetMarriedGet Married

I cried most days working on the first draft. The last scenes were the hardest. I had a feeling where I wanted to end - the exact note - but I couldn't see how to get there. Sarah Murphy, my editor, asked the right questions to help me. I think of 'The Bear' as a hopeful book.

Claire Cameron

MeBookThinkEndQuestionsHelp

Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is a matter of intense self-interest.

Anthony Lewis

LifeKindnessGraceCharityMatter

Everything I've done has been personally fun, important, and meaningful to me.

Ashley Judd

FunMeDoneImportantEverything

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