Seamus Heaney Quotes
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I am flirtatious by nature, but I have never hurt anyone.
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We can overcome evil with greater good.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.
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I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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But though I repeated my plea, and waited on my knees for nearly an hour, there was no answer.
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I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.
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My favorite thing about motherhood is the outpouring of love that is non-judgmental and beautiful. My daughter just makes me happy, and she motivates me to be a kid again.
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If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee.
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There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn't die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one's mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn't bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer.
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A God who makes no demands, is the functional equivalent of a God who does not exist.
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Well, why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the inmates? As weird a gaggle of freaks and sub-humans as was ever collected in one spot.
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The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.
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For God loves saving, not condemning, and therefore He is patient with bad people, in order to make good people out of bad people.
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Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested."
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And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.
