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> [The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/the-word-democracy-has-no-meaning-duty-has-gone-only-rights-remain/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

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## More by Fiona Shaw

> [I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/i-just-think-that-things-should-be-allowed-to-run-their-course-and/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [Theater is dangerously open to repetition. It's exciting when you hit on a new way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/theater-is-dangerously-open-to-repetition-it-s-exciting-when-you-hit/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/like-a-lot-of-irish-households-we-read-a-lot-of-irish-history-it-was/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/the-americans-are-very-clear-and-obsessed-with-nouns/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [I certainly had no intention of playing a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/i-certainly-had-no-intention-of-playing-a-man/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/i-enjoy-making-films-but-my-heart-is-in-the-stage-every-night-you/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/to-be-honest-i-live-among-the-english-and-have-always-found-them-to/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/once-you-ve-done-one-style-you-leave-it-for-a-while/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/every-generation-is-obsessed-with-the-decade-before-they-were-born/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/i-loathe-bad-theater-and-most-theatre-is-very-bad-because-it-s/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/honestly-i-get-more-recognized-for-three-men-and-a-little-lady-than/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [Theater dates very quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/theater-dates-very-quickly/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [One moment cannot be the most important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/one-moment-cannot-be-the-most-important/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/a-lot-of-irish-people-perform-they-perform-in-drawing-rooms-they-sing/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

> [There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-shaw/there-s-something-about-the-irish-that-is-remarkable/)

[Fiona Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-shaw/)

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