#rita

I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. ↗

— Joan Didion

#i think #irritation #lead #life #people

Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#creative #each #fictional #i #irritant

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing. ↗

— Michael Flatley

#dancing #feature #heritage #i #irish

I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this. ↗

— John Dyer

#age #always #artistic #aware #been

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#already #been #death #estate #estate tax

We think the Puritans always dressed in black and white, which they didn't. They loved very bright colors. And there were other differences in perceptions that gave one a very different view of them. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#black #black and white #bright #colors #differences

Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year. ↗

— John Thorn

#between #day #game #heritage #hope

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#equal #free #free press #grant #i

I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#conference #delegates #equality #i #japan

But you know we couldn't compare what we do with what the British athletes did at the Olympics. We are very proud to be British and if we have done our bit to promote Britain in a historic year for the country that's brilliant. ↗

— Louis Tomlinson

#bit #brilliant #britain #british #compare