"To be Irish today is the abandonment of shame and the younger people are moving it out and they're moving the fear away. They're not afraid, they're adventurous."

-- Malachy McCourt

#Moving Quotes #People Quotes #Today Quotes

“When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.”
“We've looked for the constitution to be a national pact, and the perception now is that it's not.”
“Beauty once seemed to me to be an accident of nature... But now that I can see my life on my face, I realize we earn the way we end up looking. Time, it seems, gives us all a chance to really be beautiful.”
“Nothing is more violent and radical than what's being done to non-human animals in our society. If a researcher won't stop abusing animals and is stopped physically, whether with the use of force, or is killed, I certainly wouldn't lose sleep over that idea.”
“Pepper is small in quantity and great in virtue.”
“If you go back and you look at the presidency over the course of history, presidents tend to do what they campaigned on. In the 20th century, presidents between Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter accomplished 73 percent of the things that they said they would do as candidates. Part of that is because once they get into office, their credibility, their ability to do anything depends on doing the things that they said they would.”

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“When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say they are the literatures that explore the fact that we are toolmakers and users, and are always changing our environment.”
“Well, the truth is, if you really listen to that bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any timeâ€“then you might not be as ambitious as you are.”

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