Ira Quotes - Page 2

• During the 1996 Forum election my election agent, John Dobson, told me that at some stage down the line we were going to have to talk to the IRA and that I was the man to do it. And my reaction was not printable!

  David Trimble

  Men, Agents, Lines

  Source: www.newsletter.co.uk

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• Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little interest in reunification, the IRA's prospects for success through political channels have always been limited.

  James Surowiecki

  Political, Majority, Want

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• I grew up wearing black arm-bands when the hunger strikers died. I went on those marches. I grew up basically a Provo, though I never obviously got into any activities. I was writing 'IRA, Brits out' on walls all over where I grew up, but that was a false sense of Irishness.

  Glen Hansard

  Wall, Writing, Wearing Black

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• Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
  [Lat., Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.]

  Ovid

  Peace, Men, Beast

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• Maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account, Cayman Island Investments and an IRA worth tens of millions of dollars. But Governor Romney, when we lose 23 cents every hour, every day, every paycheck, every job, over our entire lives, what we lose can't just be measured in dollars.

  Lilly Ledbetter

  Jobs, Badass, Islands

  Lilly Ledbetter's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Islam - a religion horribly misrepresented by terrorists, which is like the IRA saying they represented Irish people. Islam is a BEAUTIFUL religion. would make you cry it's so beautiful... and gentle.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Beautiful, People, Islam

  "Sinead O'Connor on Pope Benedict and Catholic abuse scandal". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 26, 2010.

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• I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.

  Ian Paisley

  Government, Ulster, Graves

  1997 Speech at the annual conference of the Democratic Unionist Party. InThe IrishTimes,'ThisWeekThey Said', 6 Dec.

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• The IRA have nowhere to go. I've stripped away all their excuses, one by one.

  Albert Reynolds

  Nowhere To Go, Excuse

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• The usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA , then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was completely under control, that it was a one in a million chance, that there was hardly any radioactive leakage at all, and that the site of the explosion would make a nice location for a day out with the kids and a picnic, before finally having to admit that it wasn't actually anything to do with them at all.

  Douglas Adams

  Nice, Kids, Responsibility

  Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.254, Simon and Schuster

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• A Democratic congressman said that he worries that the IRS scandal might have a chilling effect on the IRA and that they might be afraid to audit people. So finally some good is coming out of all of this.

  Jay Leno

  People, Worry, Irs

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• I remember when I first got married, there was a certain amount of internet traffic on the subject of, "Who is this beard who is allegedly married to Ira Glass? Obviously, he's gay."

  Ira Glass

  Gay, Glasses, Beard

  "Ira Glass on doing magic tricks, Brad Pitt, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, www.avclub.com. August 2, 2016.

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• Convert to IRA-based system.

  Newt Gingrich

  Security, Social Security

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• IRAs are intended for retirement.

  Max Baucus

  Retirement

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• Traditional investment vehicles such as IRAs, CDs, stocks and bonds do have their place, but for the rich, they are used more as temporary storage facilities rather than life-long homes.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Home, Ties, Cds

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• My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for anything.

  Grover Norquist

  Government, Self, Guy

  "Grover Norquist: The Soul of the New Machine" by Michael Scherer, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2014.

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• We've done a lot of films now about the IRA, we can move on from all that. I loved '71 because I think it showed a very honest trail and what it was actually like. It wasn't one-sided. I really respect ['71 director] Yann [Demange] for what he did. But we have done a lot of those things.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Moving, Thinking, Directors

  "Saoirse Ronan’s First Sundance". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 2, 2015.

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• Unlike every other retirement vehicle, such as IRAs and 401(k)s, you receive a tax deduction for making contributions to your HSA but don't have to pay income taxes on withdrawals.

  Paul Zane Pilzer

  Retirement, Income, Withdrawal

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• ...the Statue of Liberty's got this invitation: 'Give me your tired, your poor, your reeking homeless--' 'Huddled masses,' said Ira. 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.' ... Okay, fine. So like everybody in the old countries says, 'Hey, I'm a huddled mass,' and they all wanna come over.

  Neal Shusterman

  Country, Tired, Giving

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “The Schwa was here”

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• I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.

  Suze Orman

  Retirement, Income, Taxes

  "9 Small Financial Steps That Will Pay Off Big in the Future" by Suze Orman, www.oprah.com. October 27,2016.

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• Call him drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer any more. Not the whiskey drinking Indian, nor the Marine that went to war.

  Johnny Cash

  War, Drinking, Marine

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• The doings of men, their prayers, fear, wrath, pleasure, delights, and recreations, are the subject of this book.

  Juvenal

  Prayer, Book, Men

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 75-80, Satires, I, I, line 85, 1922.

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• The IRA sending a message of sympathy to America is like Jack the Ripper giving us a lesson in the sanctity of human life.

  Simon Heffer

  America, Giving, Lessons

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• Lik the tree falling in the forest," says Ira. "Huh?" "You know, the old question - if a tree falls in a forest and no one's there to hear it, does it really make a sound?" Howie considers this. "Is it a pine forest, or oak?" "What's the difference?" "Oak is a much denser wood; it's more likely to be heard by someone on the freeway next to the forest where no one is.

  Neal Shusterman

  Fall, Differences, Tree

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• It's going to require numerous IRA agents.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Agents

  "Bush, in his own words" by Jacob Weisberg, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2000.

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• I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).

  Elvis Costello

  Country, Brother, Kids

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