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"Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills."

"The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism."

"The inferior complex is now extended to all Europe, save Nordics."

"So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true."

"After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor."

"The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine."

"When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do."

"My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland, but Ireland generally."
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"Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind."

"I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better."

"In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves."

"I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money."

"One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career."

"It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey."
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