"I didnâ€™t want or expect this. But I couldnâ€™t resist you."

-- Maria V. Snyder

“In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.”
“I feel like a cliche.”
“All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country.”
“A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.”
“Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable . . . unimaginable . . . unspeakable.”

Source : "Ned Kelly and 'Mary Poppins' Writer Among Top Irish-Australians". www.irishtimes.com. August 19, 2009.
“We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others.”

Source : Jose Emilio Pacheco (1987). “Battles in the Desert & Other Stories”, p.86, New Directions Publishing
“Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent.”
“The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London.”

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