"Generations will continue to meet the same fate unless the perennial oppressor-Britain-is removed, for she will unashamedly and mercilessly continue to maintain her occupation and economic exploitation of Ireland to judgment day, if she is not halted and ejected."

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Source : Bobby Sands (1997). “Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison”, Roberts Rinehart Publishers

Bobby Sands

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“When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor.”

Source : Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult
“The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand”
“He moves like a dancer.”
“At first, all is black and white. Black on white. That's where I'm walking, through pages. These pages. Sometimes it gets so that I have one foot in the pages and the words, and the other in what they speak of.”
“You need to have honest things in the world. Even if people don't understand it, if it's coming from you, that's already important.”
“Me and my big mouth! I'd get rid of it, only it's such a handy place to keep my teeth.”
“The only limitations one has, are the ones they place on themselves”
“You are sweet, O Love, dear Love,You are soft as the nesting dove.Come to my heart and bring it restAs the bird flies home to its welcome nest.”

Source : Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Invitation To Love”

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