"In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic."

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Source : Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

Gerry Adams

#Struggle Quotes #Eye Quotes #Past Quotes

“I want everyone to feel as much as possible as if they inhabit the same space. They more fluid the relationship between actor and audience, the better.”
“The great thing about vinyl is that if you wanted to get a decent-sounding cut, you could really only have 20 minutes max on each side. So you had a strict boundary, and that was something I'd grown up with as well. Also, you were able to have different moods on each side, which was nice.”
“When we first hear [a] word, we start putting these associational hooks into it that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date.”
“I have a few things that I have written over the years that haven't been made, but I sort of feel like there was a good reason why they were not made. So I am not anxious to go back and fix them. I don't have something in the desk drawer that I think, "The time is right now. If I just do this, it'll be great." It is kind of out of sight and out of mind. I am thinking ahead rather than back.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Fortunately, he'd found that most people were easy to locate at five thirty in the morning. .”
“I think in this day and age it's very important.”
“I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.”
“I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap.”

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