Quote by Hugh Leonard
My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in th

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father. – Hugh Leonard

Other quotes by Hugh Leonard

I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying theres nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. Theres a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of. – Hugh Leonard

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Change
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My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play. – Hugh Leonard

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Death
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My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past. – Hugh Leonard

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Life
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Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household pets and our household pests. We love them and cage them, admire them and abuse them. And, of course, we cook and eat them. – Jeffrey Kluger

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Family

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, dont try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. – Lao Tzu

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Family

But the problem is that when I go around and speak on campuses, I still dont get young men standing up and saying, How can I combine career and family? – Gertrude Stein

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Family

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. – Pope John Paul II

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Family

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There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out. – Hillary Clinton

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The ruby encloses the brilliant red of the clouds of evening… – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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