"What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true."

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Source : Patrick Kavanagh (1973). “Collected Pruse”

Patrick Kavanagh

#Newspapers Quotes

“It's the person who has done nothing who is sure nothing can be done.”
“It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.”
“Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.”
“I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.”
“In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it.”
“Being friends with anyone for 30 years is no easy task - people change, they drift apart, they move on.”

Source : "My Journey With Farrah" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2009.
“I've had a lot of support from every corner of my life and my audience, to pretty much do close to what I want. I don't have unlimited time or money to execute my wildest dreams but I have enough get up and go to keep me going.”

Source : "There's Something About Joel Plaskett". stickymagazine.com. October 11, 2013.
“I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey.”

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