"There is, of course, a difference between what one seizes and what one really possesses."

“Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward.”

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“I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.”

“The power of life that is buried deep inside you will never rise up until you have become convinced that you're walking the only path open for you.”

Source : Kosho Uchiyama, Tom Wright, Jisho Warner (2004). “Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

“Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life.”

“If there's comfort involved, it's probably not for me.”

“When we depend on anything smaller than God to provide us with the security, significance, meaning, and value that we long for, God will love us enough to take it away. Much of our anger and bitterness, therefore, is God prying open our hands and taking away something we've held onto more tightly than him.”

“I'm addicted to directing!”

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“Where bright imagination reigns, the fine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains.”