"A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano."

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

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Cat Stevens, British Musician

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Jennifer O'Neill, American Actress

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"There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing."

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"I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it."

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"To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have."

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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."

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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing."

"Theater dates very quickly."

"I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it."

"To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have."

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