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"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."
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"In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame."
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"I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their handbags and have a drink and play bingo. And they deserve it."
"My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?"
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"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."
"The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you."
"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer."
"When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."
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"I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."
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