Flann O'Brien Quotes

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

Flann O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 5, 1911 - April 1, 1966

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Winning a major, that's what everybody wants to do, and I worked my whole life to do it. And to realize that, it's incredible.

Jimmy Walker

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I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.

Jesse Eisenberg

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My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear.

John Grant

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In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.

Matthew Ramsey

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Being the DA was, without a doubt, the best job in the world. I loved knowing that people would get their justice.

Jeanine Pirro

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Mostly, my flying has been solo, but the preparation for it wasn't. Without my husband's help and encouragement, I could not have attempted what I have. Ours has been a contented and reasonable partnership, he with his solo jobs and I with mine. But always with work and play together, conducted under a satisfactory system of dual control.

Amelia Earhart

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My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.

Stephen Bayley

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I decided that if I was going to continue in track, that I didn't want to lose, that I wasn't going to lose.

Steve Prefontaine

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I was thinking of writers living in East Europe before the Berlin Wall came down. They wrote fantastic stuff but were dealing with a situation that was almost impossible to deal with, but they found a way.

Romesh Gunesekera

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I'm not taking for granted being managed by Roc Nation. They have a lot of relations, and they have a reach that I clearly could benefit from.

Romeo Santos

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A fanboy's heart is filled with love, enthusiasm, and insecurity.

Mary H.K. Choi

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