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Small: So I rang up British Telecom, I said I want to report a nuisance caller, he said Not you again
"So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'"
Frank Carson, Comedian
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Small: I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around t
Brendan Gleeson
"I started hitching about the country when I was 16 or 17 years old. I found the music that was played around the country - Irish music - had a particular resonance"
Brendan Gleeson, Actor
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Small: I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and th
Brendan Gleeson
"I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure"
Brendan Gleeson, Actor
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Small: The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked
"The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked"
Enya, Musician
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Small: The Druids held the trees as very sacred
"The Druids held the trees as very sacred"
Enya, Musician
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Small: I am not reclusive. I just have a private life
"I am not reclusive. I just have a private life"
Enya, Musician
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Small: Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effe
David Trimble
"Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind"
David Trimble, Politician
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Small: Id love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a characte
"I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: I used to get quite upset that Id make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years w
"I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: I guess were living in a pretty sensitive world and theres nothing you can do about that
"I guess we're living in a pretty sensitive world and there's nothing you can do about that"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost
"I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost"
John Philpot Curran, Public Servant
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Small: Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes
"Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes"
James Galway, Musician
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Small: Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get f
"Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you"
James Galway, Musician
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Small: It is normal to be nervous
"It is normal to be nervous"
James Galway, Musician
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Small: I am, really, a great writer my only difficulty is in finding great readers
"I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers"
Frank Harris, Author
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Small: Im in this position where I can afford to wait, Im lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do any
"I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown at me. You know the next couple of jobs are going to be pretty crucial in terms of how you're perceived by people. So I'm just waiting"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: I think if youre an actor, then you can work on stage - but if youve never done it before, youre going to have
"I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courty
"Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be
"No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumble
"It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Undead
"Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Undead"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down
"You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down"
Conor Cruise O'Brien, Politician
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Small: The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its pro
"The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail"
Conor Cruise O'Brien, Politician
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Small: Im in no hurry to get anywhere. I dont have any plans. I dont have a map. If you did in this business, youd de
"I'm in no hurry to get anywhere. I don't have any plans. I don't have a map. If you did in this business, you'd destroy yourself"
Colin Farrell, Actor
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Small: Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foo
"Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: It is the eve of St. Georges Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil
"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattere
"I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him. He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads to whom sleep is a blessing that comes night
"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: I cant control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I cant control
"I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control"
Aidan Quinn, Actor
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Small: Men should not be forced to wear pants when its not cold
"Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold"
Adam Clayton, Musician
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Small: Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth
"Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth"
Arthur Murphy, Writer
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Small: Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health
"Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health"
Arthur Murphy, Writer
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Small: Come live in my heart, and pay no rent
"Come live in my heart, and pay no rent"
Samuel Lover, Artist
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Small: You try various things when youre growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I d
"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up"
Dylan Moran, Comedian
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Small: Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time
"Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time"
Dylan Moran, Comedian
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Small: The truth is that Im constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job
"The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job"
Dylan Moran, Comedian
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Small: One thing thats coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing
"One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing"
Dylan Moran, Comedian
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Small: I thought The Office was good, though I didnt think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme
"I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme"
Dylan Moran, Comedian
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Small: I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where its raining, its terribly col
"I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm being drowned and playing a scene with dinosaur eggs in a laboratory, I'd probably take the latter. It's warmer and generally more comfortable!"
Sam Neill, Actor
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Small: Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take t
"Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God"
Catherine McAuley, Clergyman
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