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Wednesday 01 August 2007
"I don't think I ever said that it was such a big deal to me."
Thursday 02 August 2007
"So basically that was me well caught doing something that I shouldn't have been doing."
Friday 03 August 2007
"It feels like I am making progress. Now on my own it feels like my place, that I have a future"
Saturday 04 August 2007
"Everything clicked about nature's one-ness. I felt a powerful sense of the integration of nature and life."
Sunday 05 August 2007
"He would rather be in the air than wallow in the mud of the trenches."
Monday 06 August 2007
"My life has been made so much better after seeing someone else's story"
Wednesday 08 August 2007
"I felt a few inches taller...I stood up and said: My mum made this "
Thursday 09 August 2007
"I started to think about things. I started to think about the Shannon River"
Friday 10 August 2007
"I pumped the organ like mad - up, down, up, down... I asked the Minister if he would consider paying me the next time!"
Monday 13 August 2007
"I had always been interested at looking at myself, and seeing how I can do things better."
Tuesday 14 August 2007
"I was in the Borstal for three years. I enlisted in the armed forces for twelve years. Neither of these experiences compared to 4th January 1954. "
Wednesday 15 August 2007
"I was taken prisoner when I was twenty one...If you have ever been deprived of music...it's like being deprived of food."
Thursday 16 August 2007
"I thought that the postman was going to be late - today of all days!"
Friday 17 August 2007
"After struggling for so many years, I think I have found my identity."
Monday 20 August 2007
"In Hungary in 1968 there was still a really oppressive regime of Communism"
Tuesday 21 August 2007
"I panicked at the last minute. I jumped into the pram But it wasn't the right technique."
Wednesday 22 August 2007
"My heart actually stopped. I was thirteen years old - but because of the RTA I was actually only three weeks old."
Thursday 23 August 2007
"I was shocked that some guys would betray their own friends, fellow countrymen"
Friday 24 August 2007
"I looked down and my clothes and my legs were black. I tried to get home without being seen"
Monday 27 August 2007
"I said: 'To prove to you that I will not sell the ticket, I will produce the signed autographs of the winning team!'"
Tuesday 28 August 2007
"The Serbs and Croats were sworn enemies...But when I could see the forgiveness that was so evident among the people "
Wednesday 29 August 2007
"He deserved a chance and I was going to make sure that he got it."
Thursday 30 August 2007
"I am not usually afraid of flying, but I was afraid of this flight, because I knew what was going to happen at the other end."
Friday 31 August 2007
"Now these were dark days. From somewhere we heard swing music... this was unheard of"
