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• All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality...
• Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from…
• Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up…
• I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
• I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a…
• I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which…
• In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things…
• In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a…
• These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception…
• They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put…
• Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite…
• The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I…

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