Great Irish Quotes

• There is no way in which we can retrospectively erase the Treaty of Vienna or the Great Irish Famine. It is a peculiar feature of human actions that, once performed, they can never be recuperated. What is true of the past will always be true of it.

  Terry Eagleton

  Past, Vienna, Peculiar

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• My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical in the air. There's always this cloudy, moody sky and it's challenging.

  Christopher Meloni

  Air, Sky, Challenges

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• I think there's nothing better than laughing in life, so that's nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It's 'cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that's fine.

  Joan Cusack

  Dad, Nice, Silly

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. May 26, 2008.

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• Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.

  James Connolly

  Art, Practice, Fool

  James Connolly (1973). “Quotations from James Connolly: An Anthology in Parts”

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• I'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents.

  Tim Kaine

  Parent, Catholic, Wonderful

  Source: www.politico.com

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