Michael Collins Quotes
Give us the future..we’ve had enough of your past..give us back our country to live in – grow in..to love.
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I love dogs, but dogs, you have to be in the country with dogs. I cannot walk a dog on the street.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
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We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.
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If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse. It attempts to deal with this intractable problem in American health care life, which is that a significant portion of the population does not have access to quality medical care.
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I love dancing.
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I love working closely with people.
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L.A. is definitely a Marmite sort of place for me. I used to hate it, but now I love it. I think it really helps if you know the places and the restaurants and the nice bars to go to and if you have friends there. I've got some friends over there now, and they're not all actors, which is quite refreshing, and now I have a great time there.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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I would love to experiment with roles. But when people say that we are not doing anything different, it is because directors do not approach us with diverse roles.
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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
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Regardless of who you are or who you like, love is love.
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No Muslim country has ever done as much as Turkey to make itself over in the image of a European nation-state; the country's westernised elite brutally imposed secularism, among other things, on its devout population of peasants.
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When you deprive people of their right to live in dignity, to hope for a better future, to have control over their lives, when you deprive them of that choice, then you expect them to fight for these rights.
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This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
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I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.
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I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness.
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I suppose you are going home to see your families and friends. For the service you have done in this great struggle in which we are engaged I present you sincere thanks for myself and the country.
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Don't just do something because it's a trendy idea and will make you a lot of money. The reason I say that is because any kind of venture involves going through difficult times. If you're doing something you are passionate about and really believe in, then that will carry you through.
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Benny [Carter] opened the eyes of a lot of producers and studios, so that they could understand that you could go to blacks for other things outside of blues and barbecue. He's a total musician. He was the pioneer, he was the foundation. He made it possible for that doubt to be taken away.
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France must not be the only country to have a high level of welfare protection and few obligations incumbent on those who receive benefits.
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Give us the future..we’ve had enough of your past..give us back our country to live in – grow in..to love.
