Sally Rooney Quotes

I hate Yeats! A lot of his poems are not very good, but some are obviously okay. But how has he become this sort of emblem of literary Irishness when he was this horrible man? He was a huge fan of Mussolini. He was really into fascism. He believed deeply in the idea of a 'noble class' who are superior by birth to the plebs.

Sally Rooney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: 1991

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People like to watch surfing, but maybe the girls get the wrong kind of promotion and the wrong kind of press. I might be called a feminist for saying it, but it's like the girls are promoted sexually rather than what they're achieving.

Jessica Fox

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In the early 1990s, when a lot of the developing world opened up to international capital flows... they ended up in very good long-term projects, but projects that weren't going to pay off for five or 10 or 20 years.

Jeffrey Sachs

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In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.

Jeff Lindsay

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Bitterness is so ugly. I don't want to go there.

Amy Heckerling

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As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band.

Steven Tyler

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When you can't stop what you're doing long enough to improve it, you will never stop what you are doing.

Mike Hawkins

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Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

Mike Johanns

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I feel more and more at ease, because I think the older I get, the less pressure there is. People say, 'Well, he's not cutting edge because he's not in his twenties, so he's not expected to be.'

Jude Law

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We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Joseph Joubert

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When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.

Johnny Weissmuller

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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another's.

Desiderius Erasmus

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