Patrick Kavanagh Quotes
The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
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Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
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I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not think is right.
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.
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My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
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I know some people are really comfortable with talking about their feelings and hopes and fears in public, but I'm not, and I don't think it's that extraordinary.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
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They say there's a heaven for those who wait, some say it's better I say it ain't.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.
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First we need to rethink the terms and recognize that we've imported this language from the technocratic class, from Silicon Valley, that talks about openness and transparency.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
