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Quotes by Irish Authors
"A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives."
"Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination."
"A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation."
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."
"Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick."
"No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful."
"There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses."
"There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy."
"It is not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, but the size of the fight in the dog."
"It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay."
"To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession."
"My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split."
"I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me."
"A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them."
"You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."
"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination."
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written."
"I think paranormal experiences are very personal, again, if they are that. Yes, sometimes I've felt that some things I would personally believe enough for me to take action on it... like, you know, I felt something happen in a hotel once that made me never stay there again."
"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win."
"When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist."
"It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture."
"Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else."
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