Martin McGuinness Quotes
I'm not going to be known as the Sinn Fein Minister who did the bidding of a Tory administration which is focused on decimating the welfare state.
Quotes to Explore
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I loved the world of imagination.
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I remember doing one of those computer careers tests. It told me I'd make an ideal HGV lorry driver because I've got 100 per cent spatial awareness. I'd be able to back them into tight parking spots.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.
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There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.
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Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
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One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.
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With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads?
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I believe in the will. I believe in discipline. I believe in the organization. I believe in the rigor that gives us work. I believe in love as an engine of all things. I believe in the light. I believe in God. I believe in kindness.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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The food in south India is the food that I really love because it reminds me of home.
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Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
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I love design.
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I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd rather just pick up the phone. Or Skype.
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All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension.
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Cinderella is making her Broadway debut. It's an honor to step into that position and, in that way, I am creating a role because it's never been done on Broadway. I feel so honored.
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Copiers do not collaborate.
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I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting at me.
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For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.
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Haste is good only in catching fleas.
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It's really interesting how music can knock down a wall and be an open connection between you and someone else where something else can't. When music comes along, it just opens your heart a little more.
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I'm not going to be known as the Sinn Fein Minister who did the bidding of a Tory administration which is focused on decimating the welfare state.
