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Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

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Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

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When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

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I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.

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I know the lands are lit, with all the autumn blaze of Goldenrod.

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If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.

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I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports.

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Because of the nature of King Arthur and the resonance he has, not only with within the U.K., but right around the world, I have found it a huge honour to play the part. I will look back on it very fondly and be very proud to have been King Arthur when I finally hang up the chain mail!

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In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.

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As an actor, when you go for auditions, there are certain roles that come along and you think, 'I really want that one,' and Prince Arthur was definitely one of those.

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Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

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Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.

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Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.

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She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.

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The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.

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I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

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I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.

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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

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Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

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