"I think Catholicism took root very quickly in Ireland because it's a very superstitious religion, the holy ghost, the holy spirit, it has a goddess, very visual, the music."

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Source : "Interview: Conor McPherson and Ciarán Hinds of ‘The Eclipse’". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.com. March 25, 2010.

Conor McPherson

#Thinking Quotes #Roots Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“Nothing can intimidate me. I just go out and destruct and destroy....”
“Right now, it's hard to imagine that it is raining anywhere in the world.”
“There's something beautiful about finding one's innermost thoughts in another.”
“Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it.”
“O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.”
“Ive been told that if I lose weight Id have more work, but I refuse to submit myself to Hollywood standards. To the rest of the world I am slim and I like the way I am.”
“Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit”
“I believe in New Yorkers. Whether theyâ€™ve ever questioned the dream in which they live, I wouldnâ€™t know, because I wonâ€™t ever dare ask that question.”

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