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A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century. Bram Stoker

Day Made Few Habitable Days House Make Make Up How Go Up After Cannot Century

There are such beings as vampires, some of us have evidence that they exist. Even had we not the proof of our own unhappy experience, the teachings and the records of the past give proof enough for sane peoples. Bram Stoker

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. Brendan Behan

You Everything Guts Something Obtaining Greatly Stake Desire

When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden you're going to have to switch off and say, 'No more,' you want to grasp as much of it and enjoy the last few years of it as much as you can. Because you can't get those years back. Brian O'Driscoll

Life You Few Enjoy Back Say Those Something More Adult Adult Life Because Years Off Than Get Done Going Want Then Much Your Grasp Whole Sudden Switch Last Last Few Years Third

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony. C. S. Lewis

Me Joy Prosperity Unlike Security Seems Almost Real Agony

I'm tall, fat, rather bald, red-faced, double-chinned, black-haired, have a deep voice, and wear glasses for reading. C. S. Lewis

Glasses Reading Wear Rather Voice Bald Tall Deep Fat

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. C. S. Lewis

Great Age Old Old Age Prolonged How Replete Which Incessant Ills

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child. Charles Handy

Education National Every Individual Instead Child Curriculum Really Needed

I will say that as I get older and calmer and quieter in my own self, the one quality in a woman that I find more and more attractive is kindness. A sense of adventure and humor is important too, but I truly find kindness and consideration for others to be the most attractive thing in anyone. Colin Farrell

Kindness Woman Quality Humor Will Important Own Sense Older Too Others Consideration Say Find My Own More More And More Self Adventure Most Attractive Truly Quieter Get Anyone Thing

A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy. Colm Meaney

Good Writing Comedy Enjoy Make Comic Very Really Hard

I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don't have a strong visual imagination. Colm Toibin

Words Strong Looking Live Imagination Visual Like Things

Nobody is my boss. Conor McGregor

Boss Nobody

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say. Conor McGregor

You Ego Guess Say Bit Confidently Little Little Bit Might Cocky

There's many ups and downs in the fight game. Conor McGregor

Game Fight Ups And Downs Ups Many Downs

The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish. David Trimble

Future Dark Wish Past Our Distance Sectarianism See Shadow Seem Thrown Leave Historical Mountain Behind Us Really Forward

I'm a great lighter and lover of candles, particularly fragranced ones, as I'm kind of addicted to scent. Deirdre O'Kane

Great Scent Lover Addicted Kind Lighter Particularly Candles

As you get older, it's good to open up and acknowledge that everybody has their scary moments, their negative moments. And in order to move on and find comfort and hope, you have to stop running from the darkness and face it. And when you face it, it's not that scary at all, and sometimes it actually turns around and runs away. Dolores O'Riordan

Hope Good You Darkness Sometimes Negative Face Move On Older Everybody Running Find Runs Scary Open Comfort Around Up Get Move Stop Order Acknowledge Turns Moments Away Actually

People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul. They see an empty hole. Dolores O'Riordan

You Soul People See Look Empty Hole Product

I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot. Domhnall Gleeson

You Idiot Think Everybody Unless Insecurities Got

Fail again, fail better. Domhnall Gleeson

Better Fail Again

What I'm attempting to do is to show people that if I can spend some time with very dangerous spiders and snakes and scorpions, then maybe they'll feel different about the spiders and snakes they find around their areas. I don't need people to keep them as pets. I just like them to be respectful and see that everything in nature has its place. Dominic Monaghan

Time Nature People Dangerous Spend Everything Respectful Spiders Find See Some About Area Attempting Feel Like Around Snakes Scorpions Very Maybe Just Different Place Them Then Show Show People Keep Pets Need

I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss. Dylan Moran

Alone You Trust Key Fear Losing Independent Out Facility Throw Stuff Perilous Loss Human Decision-Making Might Basic

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