"It is in that English Parliament the chains for Ireland are forged, and any Irish patriot who goes into that forge to free Ireland will soon find himself welded into the agency of his country's subjection to England."

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Source : "Rossa's Recollections 1838 to 1898: Memoirs of an Irish Revolutionary". Book by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, p. 145-6, 1972.

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa

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“There's only one thing that all the successful companies in the world have in common: None was started by one person.”
“A brand that stands for what all brands stand for stands for nothing much.”
“The most devastating thing though that biology did to Christianity was the discovery of biological evolution. Now that we know that Adam and Eve never were real people the central myth of Christianity is destroyed. If there never was an Adam and Eve there never was an original sin. If there never was an original sin there is no need of salvation. If there is no need of salvation there is no need of a Savior. And I submit that puts Jesus, historical or otherwise, into the ranks of the unemployed. I think that evolution is absolutely the death knell of Christianity.”

Source : "Why evolution hurts the church" by David Catchpoole, creation.com. October 26, 2014.
“I like routine. It enables me to improvise.”
“Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is.”
“Those who have never worked nude outdoors just can't imagine how much better a breeze feels on their skin than an item of sweaty clothing.”
“do not like this taste for adventure you have developed, sister.â€ â€œI am afraid I cannot guarantee I shall be rid of it anytime soon.”
“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things--childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves--that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers.”

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