May 2013
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For many of the women that fought hard ‘alongside’ de Valera, he had thanked...
– Eamon de Valera, and Irish Nationalism
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Ireland, as distinct from her people, is nothing to me; and the man who is...
– James Connolly
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There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his...
– The Great Gatsby
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There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been...
– Tove Jansson, Moominvalley in November
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April 2013
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Another post-lunch staple of those summer holidays was McDaid’s Football...
– Donegal, Where They Make Their Own
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You are an embarrassment to social situations.
– Spencer Matthews
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Mrs Pearce: Mr Higgins: you're tempting the girl. It's not right. She should think of the future.
Mr Higgins: At her age! Nonsense! Time enough to think of the future when you haven't any future to think of. No, Eliza: do as this lady does: think of other people's futures; but never think of your own. Think of chocolates, and taxis, and gold, and diamonds.
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We went three and four afternoons a week, sat on folding chairs in the darkened...
– “John Wayne: A Love Song,” Joan Didion
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