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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The Master insisted that what he taught was nothing, what he did was nothing. His disciples gradually discovered that Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything. That transformation is the consequence not of something done, but of something dropped.
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I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.
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I don't think there's a fan out there who hasn't had a family member or known someone personally who's been in the midst of divorce - perhaps not necessarily gotten the divorce or executed it, or perhaps they have - and still, in many cases, they found themselves back with the person that they were married to.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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Growth makes so many dimensions of management easier. It's when growth stops that things get tough.
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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.
