"We Irish prefer embroideries to plain cloth. To us Irish, memory is a canvas--stretched, primed, and ready for painting on. We love the "story" part of the word "history," and we love it trimmed out with color and drama, ribbons and bows. Listen to our tunes, observe a Celtic scroll: we always decorate our essence."

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Source : Frank Delaney (2010). “Frank Delaney's The Ireland Novels 3-Book Bundle: Tipperary, Shannon, Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show”, p.17, Random House

Frank Delaney

#Memories Quotes #Drama Quotes #Color Quotes

“All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.”
“Wherever he goes, whatever he does, he will always see that word: murderâ€”immortally inscribed upon the pediment of that vast slaughterhouseâ€”humanity.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (1989). “The Torture Garden”, Re-Search Publications
“Of course you're nervous, but we're really excited to be able to share what we're going to share. And it's cool, because what we're going to be doing, I think for fans especially, we think is really cool, because part of the process that most people don't ever get to see [is] that before these movies are movies starring photo-real apes, they're movies starring the image of Andy Serkis and the other actors, who are playing apes.”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com
“I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their friends are and where their work is. That's why you have people who have lived in New York for like 20, 30 years who don't speak English. They just live in a Chinese community or an Indian community. More than anywhere you'll find that in Queens.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I've always been into endurance sport, which I think is more about your mind pushing your body, which is definitely why that Bear Grylls book sung to me.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.”

Source : "In the Director’s Chair: Baz Luhrmann". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. December 6, 2010.
“Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove.”
“â€¦the amount of maintenance involving hair is genuinely overwhelming. Sometimes I think that not having to worry about your hair anymore is the secret upside of death.”

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