Michael D. Higgins Quotes
Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured.
Michael D. Higgins
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
M. Ward
Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have.
Fernando Torres
Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
Barney Ross
One-year-olds learn concealment. Five-year-olds lie outright: they manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds - masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions.
Pamela Meyer
I had a good imagination and I still have one; a child-like imagination that hasn't gone away.
Laura Linney
As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with.
Taylor Schilling
In Australia, getting an audition can be a rarity. There just aren't as many opportunities.
Xavier Samuel
I love the things that you've given meI cherish you my dear countryBut sometimes I don't understand the way we play
Norah Jones
When I moved to New York at 22, I didn't know what I wanted to do. I took an improv class, and the first scene I did, I felt like 'I want to do this for the rest of my life.' It was the first time I ever felt like that about anything. I tried to make a living off improv.
Kurt Braunohler
Like all holy figures whose earthly existence separates them from the broad mass of humanity, a saint is a story, and Joan of Arc's is like no other.
Kathryn Harrison
I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
Preston Brooks
If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!
Matthew Simpson