"The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads."

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Source : Flann O'Brien (1989). “The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from 'Cruiskeen Lawn'”

Flann O'Brien

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“I've never thought of leaving the South, never.”
“One of the reasons the producers' credit has been so weakened in recent years, and given to people who didn't deserve it, was that people didn't understand what producers did.”

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“Our belief in our divinity will rewrite our life, and create it anew”
“Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.”
“Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen and true great films are the results of those mistakes and the decisions that those directors make during those moments.”
“Thereâ€™s no use saying anything in the schoolyard because thereâ€™s always someone with an answer and thereâ€™s nothing you can do but punch them in the nose and if you were to punch everyone who has an answer youâ€™d be punching morning noon and night.”
“The frontispiece of Mr. Lyell's book is enough to throw a Wernerian into fits.”
“Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their private interests, gain a more integrative view of knowledge, and relate their learning to the realities of life.”

Source : Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass

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