"The young donÂ’t know what age is, and the old forget what youth was."

-- Seumas MacManus

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“I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.”
“It seems that most people need to experience a great deal of suffering before they will relinquish resistance and accept - before they will forgive.”
“Are the different species defined by paleontologists - Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis and ourselves, Homo sapiens - all part of the same gene pool or not?”
“The fickle populace always change with the prince.”
“Well, I myself am a 100% atheist. And I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, which dominates our entire life, is assuming a more and more religious character.”
“Today, no less than five Supreme Court justices are on record, either through their opinions or speeches (or both), that they will consult foreign law and foreign-court rulings for guidance in certain circumstances. Of course, policymakers are free to consult whatever they want, but not justices. They're limited to the Constitution and the law.”
“If most people wanted to be incognito, they put on a fake beard or mustache. If I wanted to I'd just shave mine off.”
“I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.”

Source : "Why women really should rule". Interview with Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2008.

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