John Jeremiah Sullivan Quotes
The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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In Germany I am not so famous.
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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You're either ghetto or you're not.
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I don't care about revenues.
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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Working in Birmingham for the first time was the best thing, especially as it was round the corner from my mum's house in Harborne!
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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Everything you've heard about Canadians apologizing profusely for things they shouldn't be sorry about is absolutely true. It is both sweet, endearing and worrisome at the same time. Having someone apologize for no reason actually makes me feel as though I should apologize for their need to apologize.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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Some of the overflow audience actually sat on the stage.
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Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel... City of Night?
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My judgment is that research in 'Star Wars' is going to fail, and I believe this so strongly that I'm willing to stake my professional reputation on this. I don't believe anybody is going to build this thing.
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Every day, you have to put in the hard work.
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The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island.