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John Hume has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality...
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Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from…
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Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up…
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I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.
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I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a…
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I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which…
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In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things…
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In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a…
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These are the influences that everybody has. Some individuals might stand out because of one thing or another, but whether one's perception…
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They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put…
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Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite…
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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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An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.
— Hilaire Belloc
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I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book…
— Cyril Connolly
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It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Sometimes, when something really great happens to me, I like to wait two weeks before I tell anyone about it, because I…
— Demetri Martin
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In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things…
— John Hume
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Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime…
— Jane Austen
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In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next door to…
— Jack Dee
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For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader…
— Graham Nelson
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Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds…
— Eamon de Valera
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In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.
— Joseph Chamberlain
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In London, I've always lived within 10 miles of where I was born. You see, there is something called a spirit of…
— Peter Ackroyd
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I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as…
— Katherine Jenkins
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