Patricia Ireland Quotes
In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
Quotes to Explore
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Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended 'Highway' to be the first film that I ever made. Didn't happen.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.
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I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it has lost. Instead, we must strengthen the opposition as the best counterweight to extremists like ISIL, while pursuing the political solution necessary to solve Syria's crisis once and for all.
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A whole bunch of people who love God, love music, and feel like music is a tool that can help other people love God or understand that God loves them.
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I've had ups and downs but always maintained I was a working actor, which is a beautiful thing.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
