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Irish Quotes by John McGahern
- The way I see it is that all the ol' guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn't be anything…
- Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead…
- Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Irish society are the family and…
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- I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know. — Sandra Bullock
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- Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they were white.… — Cornel West
- For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to… — Adrian Carton de Wiart
- We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English… — Robert Graves
- There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.… — Ray Bradbury