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Small: I have no qualifications to do anything else and there werent any formal application forms you had to fill in
"I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought I'd give that a twist"
Dylan Moran, Comedian
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Small: It doesnt use shading, but it does use stroke length variations
"It doesn't use shading, but it does use stroke length variations"
John Robert Gregg, Inventor
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Small: My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting t
"My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living"
Graham Norton, Celebrity
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Small: The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report
"The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report"
Dick Spring, Politician
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Small: Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its ma
"Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!"
Padraic Pearse, Writer
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Small: The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the pr
"The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army"
Thomas Francis Meagher, Soldier
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Small: Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death but the history of Irelan
"Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it"
Thomas Francis Meagher, Soldier
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Small: Ive worked all my life to shed myself of any character
"I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character"
Sam Neill, Actor
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Small: Im not big on Champagne, but Id take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue
"I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue"
Sam Neill, Actor
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Small: As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job
"As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job"
Sam Neill, Actor
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Small: I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and Ive enjoyed it com
"I have found life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime terrifying experience, and I've enjoyed it completely. A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other"
Sean O'Casey, Playwright
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Small: A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people but a strong people can alone build
"A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation"
Thomas Francis Meagher, Soldier
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Small: Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye
"Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye"
Samuel Lover, Artist
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Small: We have now gone beyond 100 in number, and the desire to join seems rather to increase, though it was thought
"We have now gone beyond 100 in number, and the desire to join seems rather to increase, though it was thought the foundations would retard it, it seems quite otherwise"
Catherine McAuley, Clergyman
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Small: If you dont run your own life, somebody else will
"If you don't run your own life, somebody else will"
John Atkinson, Judge
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Small: That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they
"That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency"
Mary McAleese, Statesman
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Small: Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small no
Bobby Sands
"Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small; no one is too old or too young to do something"
Bobby Sands, Activist
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Small: A book may be compared to your neighbour: if it be good it cannot last too long if bad, you cannot get rid of
"A book may be compared to your neighbour: if it be good it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early"
Henry Brooke, Novelist
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Small: Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament,
"Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed by the Act of Union. Gentlemen, the Act of Union was carried by force and fraud, by treachery and falsehood"
John Edward Redmond, Politician
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Small: We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an arc
"We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition"
Peter O'Toole, Actor
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Small: Its very inconvenient because every time I finish, lets say, a chapter of a book, I think Im going to ring Ric
"It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year"
Peter O'Toole, Actor
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Small: I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick
"I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick"
Peter O'Toole, Actor
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Small: Sometimes, the other characters are too normal and then you start to be brought back to reality but then Luna
Evanna Lynch
"Sometimes, the other characters are too normal and then you start to be brought back to reality but then Luna shows up and she is just so funny and cool and honest and slightly mad and she's all that matters. She is 100% true. She puts on no shows, because she is so comfortable with herself"
Evanna Lynch, Actress
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Small: It calmed me down to see that most of the time no-one gets the scene on the first take
Evanna Lynch
"It calmed me down to see that most of the time no-one gets the scene on the first take"
Evanna Lynch, Actress
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Small: I believe weve spent many years trying to bring about talks which have all the Parties in Northern Ireland inv
"I believe we've spent many years trying to bring about talks which have all the Parties in Northern Ireland involved so that there'd be inclusive talks"
Dick Spring, Politician
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Small: Sometimes Im stressed and Im sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter yo
Evanna Lynch
"Sometimes I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter you're taken to this wonderful imaginary world where everything is so different"
Evanna Lynch, Actress
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Small: The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of nati
"The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness"
Thomas Francis Meagher, Soldier
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Small: When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you
"When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can"
Samuel Lover, Artist
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Small: Diphthongs are indicated by combinations of hooks and circles
"Diphthongs are indicated by combinations of hooks and circles"
John Robert Gregg, Inventor
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Small: I like to think Im a listener, and Im fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in
"I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in"
Amanda Burton, Actress
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Small: Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child
"Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child"
Amanda Burton, Actress
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Small: I have done what I felt to be my duty
"I have done what I felt to be my duty"
Thomas Francis Meagher, Soldier
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Small: My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it
"My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it"
Samuel Lover, Artist
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Small: Circumstances are the rulers of the weak they are but the instruments of the wise
"Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise"
Samuel Lover, Artist
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Small: There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to
"There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being"
Patrick MacGill, Journalist
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Small: Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door
"Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door"
Martin McGuinness, Politician
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Small: I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think youll
"I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither"
William Trevor, Writer
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Small: He traveled in order to come home
"He traveled in order to come home"
William Trevor, Writer
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Small: Well just meeting J. K. Rowling was amazing because she created all this world. And all the fans, we all get s
Evanna Lynch
"Well just meeting J. K. Rowling was amazing because she created all this world. And all the fans, we all get so obsessed with it and then you met the one person who made it all up. It was just so amazing. And I was just so amazed that that she wrote this book and all of the films have happened"
Evanna Lynch, Actress
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Small: They warned me, youre going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after the audition.
Evanna Lynch
"They warned me, 'you're going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after the audition.' And then in the hair and make up department, he walked up behind and scared me. But you get used to him quickly because he tries to make you feel very welcome and at home"
Evanna Lynch, Actress
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