"What Ireland needs now above all else is peace."

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Albert Reynolds

#Needs Quotes #Ireland Quotes

“When I was hired by the University of Washington extension school to teach the one-year fiction writing course - 96 classroom hours - I quickly determined that I knew only about an hour's worth off the top of my head.”
“The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.”
“Iâ€™ve been married for 29 years. My marriage has been the greatest joy of my life. There is nothing conservative about denying other Americans the ability to forge that same relationship with the person they love.”
“I like playing dark, offbeat, quirky characters.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People are good at figuring out what's attractive, and computers are good at quickly searching and finding. You put them together, and bang!”

Source : "For Certain Tasks, The Cortex Still Beats The CPU". Interview with Clive Thompson, www.wired.com. June 25, 2007.
“I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.”
“Once the will is resolved, one's spirit is strengthened. Even a peasant's will is hard to deny, but a samurai of resolute will can sway ten thouÂsand men.”

Source : "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. V, 1938.
“I don't know where to start," one [writing student] will wail. Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in, and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can. Flannery O' Connor said that anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life. Maybe your childhood was grim and horrible, but grim and horrible is Okay if it is well done. Don't worry about doing it well yet, though. Just get it down.”

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