I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people. – Michael D. Higgins
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. – Samuel Johnson
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I love to fly. I always wanted to fly. Its been one of my dreams since I was 3 years old. I remember saying to my mom, 3 years old, every day, I can fly! Living on the ninth floor, it was dangerous. – Elena Anaya