"I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it."

-- Douglas Hyde

#Character Quotes #Helping Quotes #Celtic Quotes

“The Germans will make a few scattered attacks, then go away. The Romans will enjoy a fine September.”

Source : "Italy Betrayed" by Peter Tompkins, (p. 218), 1966.
“I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute on the way down.”
“She reaches up and pulls my face to her and kisses me, her soft lips on mine. I don't want her to stop kissing me. As long as she is, then everything is fine. Everything is right, I would stay in this room forever if I could. The world can pass by without me, without us. Just as long as we can stay here, together, in each other's arms.”
“I'm looking for a president that'll be like a Ronald Reagan to a Jimmy Carter.”
“I'd like more kids to go and see theatre because it really is amazing.”
“Until every good man is brave, we must expect to find many good women timid--too timid even to believe in the correctness of their own best promptings, when these would place them in a minority.”
“For me, the lives of children and teens are interesting - they are always changing. There's just so much to sort through. All of this makes for good plots and complex characters.”
“Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.”

Source : "POLITICO interview: Gov. Huntsman". Interview with Alexander Burns, www.politico.com. February 24, 2009.

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