"The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice."

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Source : Thomas Francis Meagher (1885). “Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland”

Thomas Francis Meagher

#Sacrifice Quotes #Guilt Quotes #Duty Quotes

“I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.”
“Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?”
“Now, I think of my writing as having two foundations: entertainment and meaning. The meaning portion is really me trying to answer my questions. The entertainment aspect of it is how I make a story that can make people turn the pages.”

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“I'm just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor.”
“One eye sees, the other feels.”

Source : Paul Klee (1964). “The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918”, p.310, Univ of California Press
“I wanted to make a comment on the obsession with success and failure that we see a lot in America.”
“I like to create a character where you believe, deep down, that they don't really care if they live or die. That's very liberating for the character because, if the character is prepared to die, then they can do anything. It's impossible to stop them.”
“Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat., Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.]”

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