"If there is a distinctive Irish experience, it is one of division, exacerbated by the fact that division in a country so small seems perverse. But the scale doesn't matter."

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Source : 1986 We Irish.

Denis Donoghue

#Country Quotes #Experience Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.”
“I don't think I thought I was going to go into music, and I don't think it hit me until I was 13 or 14, and then I was gone. Just like that. At that point, there was nothing else that could keep my attention.”
“When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.”
“I'm sorry that theÂ familyÂ I was Â g i v e n Â has created so much chaos in theÂ familyÂ I'veÂ Â c h o s e n.”
“The exciting thing about seeing a new show is that you are taken on a journey of surprises, if you know what's coming it takes away the fun.”

Source : "Brian May/Kerry Ellis: Exclusive Interview". The Official Queen Website, February 21, 2011.
“What Independence Has Come to Mean to Me: The Pain of Solitude. The Pleasure of Self-Knowledge”
“If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.”
“I say 'Out' to every negative thought that comes to my mind. No person, place, or thing has any power over me, for I am the only thinker in my mind. I create my own reality and everyone in it.”

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