The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.

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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I certainly had no intention of playing a man.

I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade...

I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade...

Theater dates very quickly.

Theater dates very quickly.

So I just play the character, I play the lines.

So I just play the character, I play the lines.

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly...

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly...

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be...

To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be...

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between...

The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between...

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state...

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state...

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned...

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned...

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

I find it incredibly tedious, hate that it murders itself with its own conservative pomposity.

My mother taught me to read.

My mother taught me to read.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I had a ball doing Harry Potter.

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

I take the theater seriously in that I loathe it, I'm bored by it.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.