Hugh Leonard famous quotes
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My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past.
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No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no other exercise more valuable in the cultivation of faculties which will help him to success in agility, strength, determination, coolness, and quick exercise of judgement.
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I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of.
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In life there exist two classes: first class and no class.
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My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play.
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I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.
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I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.
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There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way.
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It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question.
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As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.
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I feel like the writer observing the grief, but it is difficult to be detached from it.
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I think with every writer there are two people there.
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I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer.
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My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father.
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The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.
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Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed.
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We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time.
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I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished.
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I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.
-- Hugh Leonard
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