Eavan Boland Quotes
In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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I don't do negative things.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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Who buys French cars? Not me.
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I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'
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I am a gay American.
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The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.
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I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time.
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
