"Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to."

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Source : Shane Leslie (1936). “American wonderland: memories of four tours in the United States of America (1911-1935).”, London, M. Joseph

Shane Leslie

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“The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.”
“Thereâ€™s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like youâ€™re trying to drive nails with your shoe.”
“I offer early Christianity as a case-study to show that the phenomena that we group under "religion(s)" comprise a somewhat artificial category, and that "religions" are not "all the same."”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“My sons are very protective and loving towards me, but I don't know what's in their secret minds about me.”
“The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive.”

Source : N. D. Wilson (2008). “Leepike Ridge”, p.16, Random House Books for Young Readers
“The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.”
“I didnt really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing.”
“Most of the time, people are not actually concerned with prostitution and sex work. They're concerned about seeing people who they think are prostitutes and sex workers in their community. Sometimes this just comes down to profiling, the feeling of "I don't want someone who looks like that in my neighborhood." We need communities and neighbors to regard sex workers as part of the community and fellow neighbors. But that's really difficult. There's certainly nothing supporting that.”

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