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Small: I was never a big guy in pubs. I was never the main kind of aggressor or anything like that, but I found mysel
"I was never a big guy in pubs. I was never the main kind of aggressor or anything like that, but I found myself in trouble because I always had a mouth that would come back with something, and there was just never anyone who could make me be quiet"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of st
"I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: I have been heartbroken once and it has affected all my relationships from there on. But now I look at it as a
"I have been heartbroken once and it has affected all my relationships from there on. But now I look at it as a occupational hazard. If you are in the meat market at some point you are gonna get mad cows disease"
Dominic Monaghan, Actor
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Small: Life is hard for everyone. Thats why theres such a nice reward at the end of it
"Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it"
Aidan Quinn, Actor
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Small: I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both
"I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both"
Adam Clayton, Musician
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Small: For us theres U2 music, and then theres everything else
"For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else"
Adam Clayton, Musician
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Small: Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritic
"Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality"
Adam Clayton, Musician
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Small: Let me be accurate in everything, for though you and I have seen some strange things together, you may at the
"Let me be accurate in everything, for though you and I have seen some strange things together, you may at the first think that I, Van Helsing, am mad. That the many horrors and the so long strain on nerves has at the last turn my brain"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, a
"And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: Im just a true Irish boy at heart
"I'm just a true Irish boy at heart"
Colin Farrell, Actor
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Small: I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved
"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved"
Aidan Quinn, Actor
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Small: There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our
"There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause
"If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause"
Adam Clayton, Musician
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Small: A mans respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck
"A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck"
Adam Clayton, Musician
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Small: There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part
"There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: Despair has its own calms
"Despair has its own calms"
Bram Stoker, Writer
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Small: I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isnt something th
"I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable"
Aidan Quinn, Actor
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Small: The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later
"The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later"
Adam Clayton, Musician
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Small: The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is wri
"The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written"
Elizabeth Bowen, Novelist
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Small: Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other cant live up to, then break our hearts at them becau
"Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't"
Elizabeth Bowen, Novelist
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Small: The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined
"The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined"
Arthur Murphy, Writer
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Small: When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out
"When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out"
Elizabeth Bowen, Novelist
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Small: There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone
"There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone"
Elizabeth Bowen, Novelist
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Small: Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them
Dion Boucicault
"Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them"
Dion Boucicault, Dramatist
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Small: Loud roared the dreadful thunder, The rain a deluge showers
"Loud roared the dreadful thunder, The rain a deluge showers"
Andrew Cherry, Dramatist
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Small: Good laws are the offspring of bad actions
"Good laws are the offspring of bad actions"
Charles Macklin, Dramatist
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Small: Every tub must stand upon its bottom
"Every tub must stand upon its bottom"
Charles Macklin, Dramatist
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Small: Well, theres no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his
"Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth"
Lady Gregory, Dramatist
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Small: It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who dont
"It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't"
Lady Gregory, Dramatist
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Small: The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - i
"The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: Remember Im an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress
"Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body
"Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: Love doesnt grow on trees like apples in Eden - its something you have to make. And you must use your imaginat
"Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesnt know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is
"It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I
"I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own
"God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in co
"For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments
"A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments"
Joyce Cary, Novelist
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Small: When youre a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two fig
"When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal person. There are always two figures that work inside you"
Brian Moore, Novelist
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Small: There comes a point in many peoples lives when they can no longer play the role they have chosen for themselve
"There comes a point in many people's lives when they can no longer play the role they have chosen for themselves. When that happens, we are like actors finding that someone has changed the play"
Brian Moore, Novelist
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