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Irish Quotes

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us Picture Quote #1

I have always loved American poetry, which is very different from Irish poetry Picture Quote #1

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week Picture Quote #1

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership Picture Quote #1

Thomas Young was born in 1731 in upstate New York. The child of impoverished Irish immigrants, he grew up in a log cabin without the benefit of a formal education. But he was an avid reader who began collecting books at a young age and eventually amassed one of the finest personal libraries in New England Picture Quote #1

Every publisher or agent I’ve ever met told me the same thing - that Irish readers don’t want to read about the bad old days of the Troubles; neither do the English and Americans - they only want to read about the Ireland of The Quiet Man, when red-haired widows are riding bicycles and everyone else is on a horse Picture Quote #1

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I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you’re important and nice, but you take second place all the time Picture Quote #1

It was in a stonecutter’s house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery’s grave that I found a manuscript book of his poems, written out in the clear beautiful Irish characters Picture Quote #1

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said ‘Don’t worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.’ I think that’s really good advice Picture Quote #1

Why do we like being Irish? Partly because It gives us a hold on the sentimental English As members of a world that never was, Baptized with fairy water Picture Quote #1

I’m Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish Midlands. He and his brothers had been shepherds there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed away from the old country till I was over 40. I just couldn’t own being Irish Picture Quote #1

Irish artists have a tradition of being very heavily engaged in what is happening in their own society. So it was important that they had a voice Picture Quote #1

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Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you’re first, second generation Irish or even with no connection to Ireland, you should visit in 2013 for a unique experience Picture Quote #1

What’s the use of being Irish if the world doesn’t break your heart? Picture Quote #1

There’s no sense to being Irish unless you know the world’s going to break your heart Picture Quote #1

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it’s rainy and cloudy. It’s just genetic Picture Quote #1

With such riches as I have in life, you’re always nervous. Being Irish, you’re waiting for something to knock it sideways Picture Quote #1

The way I see it is that all the ol’ guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn’t be anything else no matter what I tried to be. I couldn’t be Chinese or Japanese Picture Quote #1

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I don’t buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay Picture Quote #1

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I’m Irish and Slovak. It’s just so ingrained in us Picture Quote #1

The films that I’ve made with my company Irish DreamTime are close to my heart. ‘The Greatest’ being one of them, and ‘Evelyn’ being another Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure I would make a direct connection between having press attention as a young person and being interested in the media as an older person. I came to it more organically, coming from a family of Irish Catholic storytellers. Storytelling is a pastime and important part of my family’s history and culture Picture Quote #1

I feel myself part of something. Not only being part of a community but part of an actual moment and a movement of Irish writing and art. That sense of being part of the whole thing is the deepest joy Picture Quote #1

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information Picture Quote #1

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I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn’t start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen Picture Quote #1

Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they’re female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that’s leaving their house Picture Quote #1

No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially the American Irish. The availability of loss, some kind of pain, is an important part of who we are. I think my Irishness gave me that Picture Quote #1

One of my few childhood memories is as an eight-year-old, refused permission to watch the Hitchcock season on Irish television, sneakily viewing ‘The Birds’ though a crack in the living-room door. It transformed my hitherto perfectly enjoyable half-mile walk to school, down a country lane patrolled by watchful birds, into a terrifying ordeal Picture Quote #1

One of my greatest sadnesses at the prospective break-up of the Union is that it will set English, Welsh and Northern Irish against Scots in a bitter division of the debts and resources of the whole of the U.K Picture Quote #1

Law enforcement’s biased view of the Irish lives on in the nickname we still use for the vehicles we use to transport groups of prisoners. It is, after all, the ‘paddy wagon.’ The Irish had tough times, but little compares to the experience on our soil of black Americans Picture Quote #1

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You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us. (Irish Quotes) I have always loved American poetry, which is very different from Irish poetry (Irish Quotes) As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. (Irish Quotes) The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership (Irish Quotes) Thomas Young was born in 1731 in upstate New York. The child of impoverished Irish immigrants, he grew up in a log cabin without the benefit of a formal education. But he was an avid reader who began collecting books at a young age and eventually amassed one of the finest personal libraries in New England. (Irish Quotes) Every publisher or agent I’ve ever met told me the same thing - that Irish readers don’t want to read about the bad old days of the Troubles; neither do the English and Americans - they only want to read about the Ireland of The Quiet Man, when red-haired widows are riding bicycles and everyone else is on a horse. (Irish Quotes) I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you’re important and nice, but you take second place all the time. (Irish Quotes) It was in a stonecutter’s house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery’s grave that I found a manuscript book of his poems, written out in the clear beautiful Irish characters. (Irish Quotes) My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said ‘Don’t worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.’ I think that’s really good advice. (Irish Quotes) Why do we like being Irish? Partly because It gives us a hold on the sentimental English As members of a world that never was, Baptized with fairy water (Irish Quotes) I’m Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish Midlands. He and his brothers had been shepherds there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed away from the old country till I was over 40. I just couldn’t own being Irish. (Irish Quotes) Irish artists have a tradition of being very heavily engaged in what is happening in their own society. So it was important that they had a voice. (Irish Quotes) Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you’re first, second generation Irish or even with no connection to Ireland, you should visit in 2013 for a unique experience. (Irish Quotes) What’s the use of being Irish if the world doesn’t break your heart? (Irish Quotes) There’s no sense to being Irish unless you know the world’s going to break your heart (Irish Quotes) I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it’s rainy and cloudy. It’s just genetic. (Irish Quotes) With such riches as I have in life, you’re always nervous. Being Irish, you’re waiting for something to knock it sideways. (Irish Quotes) The way I see it is that all the ol’ guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn’t be anything else no matter what I tried to be. I couldn’t be Chinese or Japanese. (Irish Quotes) I don’t buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay. (Irish Quotes) For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I’m Irish and Slovak. It’s just so ingrained in us. (Irish Quotes) The films that I’ve made with my company Irish DreamTime are close to my heart. ‘The Greatest’ being one of them, and ‘Evelyn’ being another. (Irish Quotes) I’m not sure I would make a direct connection between having press attention as a young person and being interested in the media as an older person. I came to it more organically, coming from a family of Irish Catholic storytellers. Storytelling is a pastime and important part of my family’s history and culture. (Irish Quotes) I feel myself part of something. Not only being part of a community but part of an actual moment and a movement of Irish writing and art. That sense of being part of the whole thing is the deepest joy. (Irish Quotes) On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information. (Irish Quotes) I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn’t start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen. (Irish Quotes) Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they’re female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that’s leaving their house. (Irish Quotes) No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially the American Irish. The availability of loss, some kind of pain, is an important part of who we are. I think my Irishness gave me that. (Irish Quotes) One of my few childhood memories is as an eight-year-old, refused permission to watch the Hitchcock season on Irish television, sneakily viewing ‘The Birds’ though a crack in the living-room door. It transformed my hitherto perfectly enjoyable half-mile walk to school, down a country lane patrolled by watchful birds, into a terrifying ordeal. (Irish Quotes) One of my greatest sadnesses at the prospective break-up of the Union is that it will set English, Welsh and Northern Irish against Scots in a bitter division of the debts and resources of the whole of the U.K. (Irish Quotes) Law enforcement’s biased view of the Irish lives on in the nickname we still use for the vehicles we use to transport groups of prisoners. It is, after all, the ‘paddy wagon.’ The Irish had tough times, but little compares to the experience on our soil of black Americans. (Irish Quotes)

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