Colm Toibin Quotes

It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country free of the need to find new ways of reading the past as an inspiring way of thinking about everything else, including the present.

Colm Toibin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 30, 1955

Topics

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The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament.

John Buchanan Robinson

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We're on the cusp, on the brink, of enormous change in this country.

Jennifer Granholm

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I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

Andrew Sullivan

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There may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly multiracial, democratic society that maybe can emerge as a model for the rest of the world.

John Lewis

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I always am a firm believer in you compensate people for their job, and so I did give them bonuses. We accomplished a lot in Congress, we passed health care reform. There were threats against their lives; they had a tough two years. They'd forgone any cost-of-living increase or any bonus before.

John Salazar

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Black man, you are on your own.

Steven Biko

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People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.

Martin O'Malley

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Government does not create jobs, it only creates the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

Mitch Daniels

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All the airports kind of feel and look the same now. Some are more beautiful, some are less beautiful, but for the most part you're going to find a Starbucks in every airport. You're going to get your coffee and the 'USA Today' or 'New York Times' in every airport.

Jason Reitman

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I feel like, looking back, if I didn't have so many injuries, who knows where my numbers could be right now. But only God can judge me.

Jose Reyes

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When I first got here, every time you'd say breast feeding on the House floor there would be a snicker. This has been happening since creation. Can we finally get a grip on it?

Susan Molinari

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I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles.

Peter Dinklage

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