"I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system."

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Source : "Big business becomes Mrs Robinson's affair" by Terry Slavin, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2004.

Mary Robinson

#Politics Quotes #Cradle Quotes #Ireland Quotes

“As a kid, before I got into music, I did all the drama classes, went to theater camp in the summers, so it wasn't totally a foreign world.”

Source : "The GQ&A: Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein Talk Portlandia". Interview with Hilary Elkins, www.gq.com. March 1, 2013.
“In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community.”
“What is true about (ex-Iraq Survey Group head) David Kay's evidence, and this is something I have to accept, and is one of the reasons why I think we now need a new inquiry - it is true David Kay is saying we have not found large stockpiles of actual weapons.”
“You tend to close your eyes to truth, beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous.”
“God wants us to grow and achieve our potential.”
“Faith can remove a mountain, but doubt can put it back in place again”
“Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.”
“Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.”

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