#history

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#death #england #entails #explains #history

I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we like telling stories, which makes a lot of us lean towards being writers or actors or directors. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#comes #directors #history #i #interest

It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#because #done #haven #history #i

My old manager of the Irish National Theatre said 'Don't worry about being a star, just worry about being a working actor. Just keep working.' I think that's really good advice. ↗

— Colm Meaney

#because #done #haven #history #i

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. ↗

— Paul Merton

#books #comedy #generations #history #humour

Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in the desperate fantasies of a child who is searching for a way out of a hopeless situation. ↗

— Alice Miller

#child #childhood #desperate #disease #fantasies

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#gives #history #nations #other #peace

I don't really think of things in terms of legacy or where I stand in the history of Nintendo or anything like that. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#history #i #legacy #like #really

If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy. ↗

— James Monroe

#example #find #gigantic #growth #happy

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#former #history #latter #majority #objectives