"The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times."

-- Roddy Doyle

#Problem Quotes #Burden Quotes #Being Irish Quotes

“God does not change us in order to love us. He loves us in order to change us.”
“She [Evelina] is not, indeed, like most modern young ladies; to be known in half an hour; her modest worth, and fearful excellence, require both time and encouragement to show themselves.”
“There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.”

Source : On the Contrary (1961) "Vita Activa"
“After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.”

Source : "Fictional character: Alonzo Emmerich". "The Asphalt Jungle", 1950.
“My rhymes make niggas rebuild like water damage.”
“I love. The most reckless thing of all.”
“You need somebody to have the idea, you need somebody who can deal with the studio and the normal things, but it's too different of a credit. That credit is usually given to the executive producer. It's not the producer.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled”

Source : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act IV, 1835.

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