"the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying."

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Source : Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group

Mercedes McCambridge

#Two Quotes #Joy Quotes #Trying Quotes

“No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.”
“The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.”

Source : "His brilliant career". Interview with Jason Wood, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2005.
“It is a great art to saunter !”
“To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.”
“Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket, which wasn't sanitary, but was comforting to the child who needed a tear or nose wiped.”
“Funny how people don't really see each other. Men and women. They invent each other in their minds and then they see what they invent.They don't really see each other. Now she was in love with him and she didn't even know his real name, didn't know anything real about him.”

Source : Andrew Klavan (2004). “Dynamite Road”, p.92, Forge Books
“It's not how good you are. It's how bad you want it.”
“What is commonly called a pest is nature's way of bringing back into balance an imbalance that man has created.”

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