John B. Keane Quotes
When my friends were besotted with Jason Donovan, my heroes were Colm O'Rourke and Barney Rock
Quotes to Explore
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You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
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Chelsea are a big club - we have to win titles and to qualify for the Champions League. There's a lot to do, but we'll try to do it all.
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The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
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No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.
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A prose that is altogether alive demands something of the reader that the ordinary novel reader is not prepared to give.
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I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death.
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Leaders take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.
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The destiny of man is an individualistic destiny.
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The tears of my eyes watered your heart but failed to evoke a response from the barren grounds of what beats in you. They will still come and I will welcome them because they contain you.
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You’ve been here before. It won’t kill you. It feels like you can’t breathe, but you actually are breathing. It feels like you’ll never stop crying, but you actually will.
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They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
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Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.
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I am a simple man and I use simple materials: Ivory Black, Vermilion, Prussian Blue, Yellow Ochre, Flake White and no medium. That’s all I’ve ever used in my paintings.
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Endure the journey that you take to reach your top moment. You might not get there right now but when you do, remember what you did to get there.
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The greatest maxim of all is that children should be brought up as simply and in as domestic a way as possible, and that (not interfering with their lessons) they should be as much as possible with their parents, and learn to place the greatest confidence in them in all things.
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What is the alternative to peace? A catastrophe for both peoples [Palestine and Israel].
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If you didn’t make mistakes you wouldn't get far.
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If your playing basic music, its just rock.
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I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me.
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When my friends were besotted with Jason Donovan, my heroes were Colm O'Rourke and Barney Rock
