Quotes by Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life, comes about by experiencing mutual empathy; by sensing oneself as part of a whole, which recognizes and accepts that one is a member.

Empathy

Healthy

Psychological

Above all else, deep in my soul, I’m a tough Irishwoman.

Soul

Tough

Women

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn’t get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.

Cracks

Hollywood

Roles

As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.

Comedic

Hollywood

Leading Ladies

Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.

Black

Eye

Girl

Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She’s not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.

Believe

Mean

Strong

Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.

Contracts

Firsts

Parent

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

Comedy

Fun

Slapstick

Comedy is quite difficult, you have to be able to have fun and portray that sense of fun to the audience watching you.

Able

Comedy

Fun

Empathy provides more than just information about relationships. It is an expression of being in relationship. It is not just a means to better healing relationship, but because it recenters relationship as a central organizing feature of psychic life, empathy itself is healing. The experience of being known and accepted deeply by another, being aware of another being aware of you, what Jordan calls “mutual empathy”.

Expression

Healing

Mean

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Actors

Afterlife

Age

All Black

Ambassadors

America

Angry

Arcs

Arrows

Ballet

Battle

Believe

Betting

Birthday

Black

Black And White

Black White

Careers

Certain

Comedic

Comedy

Contracts

Cracks

Crowds

Crush

Dainty

Depth

Eccentric

Empathy

Entertainment

Expression

Eye

Faces

Faith In God

Family

Fighter

Firsts

Fortune

Fun

Gates

Girl

Giving

God Has A Sense Of Humor

Goddess

Good Family

Green

Grew

Grew Up

Grounding

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Quotes by Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life, comes about by experiencing mutual empathy; by sensing oneself as part of a whole, which recognizes and accepts that one is a member.

Above all else, deep in my soul, I’m a tough Irishwoman.

After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn’t get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully.

As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.

Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.

Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me.

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

Comedy is quite difficult, you have to be able to have fun and portray that sense of fun to the audience watching you.

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