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Fiona Shaw

"I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity."

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"I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity."

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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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"Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history."
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"Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th."
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"My mother taught me to read."
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"I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland."
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"Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy."
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"The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain."
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