Dermot Healy Quotes
I rang up this publisher and they asked me what I was doing at the time. I told them I was a house-painter, so first of all they had me come round and paint the place. Only later did they consider my work and Banished Misfortune was published.

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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
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Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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If you have a screaming angry director, everyone else will be panicked as well.
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With regard to North Korea, between myself and President Obama earlier, with regard to the so-called launch of satellite, the missile launch, we shared the view that it undermines the efforts of the various countries concerned to achieve the resolution through dialogue.
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So, go talk to flowers about bulls and such," Aphrodite said. "I'll go talk to flowers," Stevie Rae said.
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I rang up this publisher and they asked me what I was doing at the time. I told them I was a house-painter, so first of all they had me come round and paint the place. Only later did they consider my work and Banished Misfortune was published.