"The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness."

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Source : Thomas Francis Meagher (1853). “Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland”, p.83

Thomas Francis Meagher

#People Quotes #Benefits Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.”
“Learn, he says, that there will be hours, days and months ahead of feeling absolutely terrible and nothing can change that; neither new girlfriends, health professionals, changes of diet, dope, humility, or God.”
“The world spins along outside, the sun rises and sets, the streets go dark, the lights come on. The future is happening, but it can wait until tomorrow. Neither of us knows what will come next, or where we go from here, or even what anyone will say about us, but none of it matters. Weâ€™ve got each other right now.”
“For those of us who take literature very seriously, picking up a work of fiction is the start of an adventure comparable in anticipatory excitement to what I imagine is felt by an athlete warming up for a competition, a mountain climber preparing for the ascent: it is the beginning of a process whose outcome is unknown, one that promises the thrill and elation of success but may as easily end in bitter disappointment. Committed readers realize at a certain point that literature is where we have learned a good part of the little we know about living.”

Source : Edith Grossman (2010). “Why Translation Matters”, p.26, Yale University Press
“Iâ€™m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who havenâ€™t had the best breaks in society. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.”
“If mutual respect does derive from unilateral respect, it does so by opposition.”
“The writing is just a boring job. It's just a horrible job.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 30, 2009.

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