"Avain attempt to subdue that unsubduable country."

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Source : 1990 Of Cromwell's settlement of Scots in the north of Ireland. A NewYork Life.

Brendan Gill

#Country Quotes

“If God didn't want you to be a dreamer, He wouldn't go around handing out dreams! That's a clue!”
“Truth cannot be defeated.”
“I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.”

Source : Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. February 9, 2005.
“Our spirituality is the ground of our being.”
“Our brains are so conditioned through education, through religion, to think we are separate entities with separate souls and so on. We are not individuals at all. We are the result of thousands of years of human experience, human endeavor and struggle.”
“These teenagers [that drop out of school to take the higher wage jobs] take jobs that would go to unskilled adults, making it harder for those adults to make the transition from welfare to work.”
“I've always started every day by going to the window for a glimpse of the sky. But now I won't have to." "Why not?" She asked softly. "Because I'll see the blue of your eyes instead." "How romantic you are," she murmured with a grin, kissing him gently. "But don't worry. I won't tell anyone.”
“I don't get a rush from anything. I did music as hard as I could. Acting for me at least, is a far more restrained performance than music. It requires a lot of skill and discipline. I'm not any good at it but I enjoy trying to be good at it.”

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