I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.
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CHRIS STAPLETON I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, a...
JOHN CUSACK I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic schoo...
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P. L. BERGER I grew up in the church. I was raised in the church.
QUINTON AARON Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.
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H e l l i s e m p t y
a n d a l l t h e d ...
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SUE MILLER What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw!
DEYTH BANGER You've got to S-M-I-L-E
To be H-A-Double-P-Y
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LEE MONROE HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose
KEN BLANCHARD HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose.
KEN BLANCHARD He was simply a man ahead of his time. He was the second of two men I knew who never had any prejudi...
BUCK O'NEIL On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,
No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;
N...
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OLASOT It represents me. My old room was from when I was 6 or 7. This room is more up-to-date.
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CAI GUO-QIANG When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school.
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ALEX KINGSTON I brought the gavel down at 10. I was the only one in the room.
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BILL DE BLASIO I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed...
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SUSANNA STRICKLAND MOODIE I was born in France. I grew up in Africa.
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BEN PLATT I was born in Santa Monica but brought up abroad so I don't use English much.
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KATE WINSLET I grew up on the ragged edge of self-acceptance, where I was holding on to it, but it was easy to fa...
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON I was born in a blender.
LORNA LUFT I was born 'neath a clouded star.
JULIA WARD HOWE I wasn't born a redhead, but I was born to be a redhead.
GEORGETTE MOSBACHER I was born to be funny.
BUDDY HACKETT I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.
ERIC ALLIN CORNELL There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart.
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DANIEL ORTEGA My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.
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IRWIN THOMAS I had a complicated life until I was 25. I was born in Bristol and was brought up by my mum and my s...
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KURT VONNEGUT I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implic...
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P. L. TRAVERS I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure ange...
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TONY TRAVERS She's a good teammate, a good person in the water, and has a great attitude. If she goes, relaxes an...
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L. L. NASH Parents send their children to college either because they went to college, or because they didn't.
L. L. HENDREN Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or because they didn't.
L. L. HENDERSON Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or they didn't.
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P. SATHASIVAM If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take...
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P. CHIDAMBARAM A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
P. CHIDAMBARAM Police can only act on intelligence.
P. CHIDAMBARAM In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.
P. CHIDAMBARAM The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.
P. CHIDAMBARAM Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
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P. CHIDAMBARAM Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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P!NK Independence is a very subjective assessment.
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A. P. One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived
P. BOURGET ...music, music, records, records, noise to cover silence.
A. P. I feel pretty sure I know why the dinosaurs went extinct. They were waiting for Sam to pick out a ce...
P. ANASTASIA Cry in love, But never cry after breakup, It will cry your life.
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MASTER P So what! I'm still a rockstar, I got my rock moves, and I don't need you!
P!NK Nothing awakens the conscience like a lot of money.
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P. P. GURUMAULI ANNA SAHEB MORE Only those who have learned a lot are in a position to admit how little they know.
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L. SCHEFER One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.
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L. SCHEFER It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything ...
L. ESTRANGE Place your attention 6 inches above your crown.
God is breathing in and out there.
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L. SWETENHAM Only those who have learned a lot are in a position to admit how little they know.
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L. ESTRANGE We are all related because our DNA is the same with our very first mother (Eve).
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METTRIE L. Love conquers everything even karma.
METTRIE L. Life is full of endless possibilities.
METTRIE L. The true purpose of pain in one's life is to grow strong--in faith, spirit, and emotions.
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LAURA L. You’re the purest, most genuine thing that ever happened to me.- Caleb
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BOB L. That's our policy. We're not looking for fame. Our aim here is to carry a message.
BOB L. We get standing ovations wherever we go. If this didn't work, I would have quit long ago.
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METTRIE L. In the beginning, there was silence.
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L. ESTRANGE We make mistakes the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our industry
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L. ESTRANGE It’s a mistake to act as though we’re not created equal.
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H. P. LOVECRAFT The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.
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H. P. LOVECRAFT Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
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P. J. O'ROURKE The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
SALMON P. CHASE What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and ...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly h...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the g...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of imm...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has i...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitmen...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis ...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.
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TARAJI P. HENSON I just like when I work with people that are professional and good.
TARAJI P. HENSON With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you,...
TARAJI P. HENSON I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or b...
TARAJI P. HENSON I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz stor...
TARAJI P. HENSON When I come home, it's about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to...
TARAJI P. HENSON Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes w...
TARAJI P. HENSON I'm nothing without God.
TARAJI P. HENSON Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
TARAJI P. HENSON I don't ever want to feel complacent.
TARAJI P. HENSON I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by you...
TARAJI P. HENSON I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.
TARAJI P. HENSON When I meet a person and that chemistry is there, I cannot hide the electricity. I need to learn mor...
TARAJI P. HENSON I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no ...
TARAJI P. HENSON I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You do...
TARAJI P. HENSON I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
TARAJI P. HENSON I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing and seeing how far I can go.
TARAJI P. HENSON It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies i...
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