"I had to go through failures in order to learn how to do it."

-- Kyle Maynard

“The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.”

Source : "The Way to Minack". Book by Derek Tangye, 1968.
“What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.”
“Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.”
“Pressure cookers are relatively inexpensive, they're in every kitchen store, your grandma probably had one, but a lot of people don't. A pressure cooker is interesting because by pressurizing the vessel, you're able to cook much hotter than the boiling point of water, and still have water be present.”
“The miracle is that some have stepped out of the rags of the Republic's definition to assume the great burden and glory of their humanity and their responsibility for one another. It is an extraordinary achievement to be trapped in the dungeon of color and to dare to shake down its walls and to step out of it leaving the jailkeeper in the rubble.”
“You create a world away from home and make new rooms for yourself. But when you arrive back home in your old rooms, the world you've made for yourself ceases to be real. Everything seems to crumble. Anyone who's been sent away to boarding school can understand that.”

Source : "You can take the man out of Ireland". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2009.
“Whenever I go on vacation I like to change up my hair - I'll braid it or get dreads - but my favorite is just keeping it short and curly.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“I have discovered an astonishing truth. God is attracted to weaknesses.”

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