Martin McGuinness Quotes
As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness.
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.
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I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
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Maybe when my kids are grown up, I can go back to Broadway. It would be great someday, I suppose.
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I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.
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The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.
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In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.
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It's impossible to make a living in the arts unless you make a fortune. There's almost no in-between. Writers are either broke or rolling in it. Oddly, you can't tell them apart.
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I have been in dialogue with my family about what can actually be done. We've come up with this philosophy that in a truly multicultural society, the only way to have liberty and justice for everybody is to have multiple parties. And by multiple parties, I mean 50 parties, not one or two.
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You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That's part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.
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Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
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As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness.
