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Martin McGuinness Quotes

World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives.

Martin McGuinness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: irish
Birth: May 23, 1950

Topics

History War People World Lost Irish

One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that they were in the tradition of the one-man show. That's why Richard Pryor was so great, and George Carlin, too. They prowled the stage, they used voices, they were really talents.

Great Genius Tradition Why Stage

I'm not vicious really. I consider myself to be kindhearted. I love my mum.

Love Myself Really I Love Vicious

Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out.

Sigourney Weaver

Villain Better You Play Out Just

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

Art Day School End Go Kind

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.

Work Plant Artist Talk Asking Like

I remember having to read 'The Old Man and the Sea,' and I didn't want to read it; I didn't want to like Ernest Hemingway. I was being a stubborn teenager.

Sea Man Stubborn Remember Old Man

What can we be in life? Few figures in history have answered this question with as much clarity and moral authority as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Life History King Clarity Moral

I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention.

Peter Greenaway

Believe You Cinema False Realism

Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.

World Champion Think Country Said

I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.

History Best Play Said Coach Always

When Rumsfeld gets up on television and says we have definitive intelligence that al Qaeda is working with Iraq, how is an ordinary citizen supposed to react? They won't tell you the evidence, and when anyone asks, they say, 'Well, you know: It's secret.'

Intelligence You Television Know Say

I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off.

World Book Off Arms Records Hour

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