Roddy Doyle Quotes

It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.

Roddy Doyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 8, 1958

Topics

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The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

Jimmy Carter

FreedomBestWayWorthySystemHere

I've had four presidential candidates visit me in the tents, and they all lost. I tried to get Hillary down here, but she's too smart. She won't come to the tents.

Joe Arpaio

SmartMeDownLostSheHere

My objective is to leave my family adequately catered for, but I want my children to make their own way. I want them to have pride in their own achievements.

John Caudwell

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If you're playing a lead, you're shaping the movie. When you're playing a supporting role, you've got only a moment to make it count.

Stephen Rea

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Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.

Stendhal

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I admire Grover Norquist. I think he's done a lot of good.

Tom Cole

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Seth Rogen told me to read 'Preacher,' and 'Preacher' was amazing.

Michael Pena

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I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

WantOwnBeingLikeAgainTwenties

I try to enjoy playing football and do my best for the team.

David Silva

BestFootballTeamEnjoyTry

Your insurance broker has your telephone number, but your insurance broker doesn't have your Facebook ID. I think they are very different modes of communication. Commingling them can come with risk and peril.

Brian Acton

CommunicationThinkInsuranceRisk

Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield.

Bruce Springsteen

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I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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