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" I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel. "

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" Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better. "

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" I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her. "

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" When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution. "

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