"But it so happens, and it will ever happen so, that they who have lived to serve their country - no matter how weak their efforts may have been - are sure to receive the thanks and blessings of its people."

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Source : Thomas Francis Meagher (1885). “Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland”

Thomas Francis Meagher

#Country Quotes #Blessing Quotes #People Quotes

“I am aware that I am extremely fortunate that I was born to parents who had the personal resources to raise me in a relatively safe environment and that I have some social supports that keep me from the streets. I'm aware that I could easily be in their stead, but there by the grace of luck go I.”
“Dr Strauss said I had something that was very good. He said I had a good motor-vation. I never ever knew I had that. I felt proud when he said that not every body with an eye-q of 68 had that thing. I don't know what it is or where I got it but he said Algernon had it too. Algernons motor-vation is the cheese they put in his box. But it cant be that because I didnt eat any cheese last week.”
“Otis D'ablo is alive! Do you here me? He is alive and trying to kill me!”
“My worst job was packing animal feed in a warehouse in Gloucestershire when I was a student. It was a very strange environment. It was hung heavy with oat dust, the place was infested with mice, and everyone who worked there was over 60, and I was 18. It was crazy. Apologies to anyone who works in animal-feed packing industry and loves it.”
“This is the reality of intensive care: at any point, we are as apt to harm as we are to heal.”
“There's going to be a lesbian Brokeback Mountain and it's going to star Beyonce and Eva Longoria.”
“I went through two schools of acting but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my marshall arts teacher.”
“The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth.”

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