"It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day."

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Source : Roddy Doyle (1995). “Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha”, p.243, Penguin

Roddy Doyle

#Growing Up Quotes #Dark Quotes #Differences Quotes

“The smouldering eroticism of great European actresses like Jeanne Moreau demonstrated to my generations women's archetypal mystery and glamour, completely missing from the totalitarian world-view of the misogynist Foucault. For me, the big French D is not Derrida, but Deneuve.”
“We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out.”
“Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.”
“Greatness is its own torment.”
“Your dreams are ballbusters; they're not the yellow brick road.”
“Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach.”
“Itâ€™s not important to be consistent, itâ€™s important to be right.”
“In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil”

Source : Robert S. McNamara (2004). “Official Teacher's Guide for The Fog of War: An Errol Morris Film”

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