"French was my first language."

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"Ireland sober is Ireland stiff."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

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

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"It's best to keep America just like that, always in the background, a sort of picture post card which you look at in a weak moment. Like that, you imagine it's always there waiting for you, unchanged, unspoiled, a big patriotic open space with cows and sheep and tenderhearted men ready to bugger everything in sight, man, woman or beast. It doesn't exist, America. It's a name you give to an abstract idea."

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"We were very happy when a South African court, which had previously ruled against us, took another look and decided that this material was not obscene and allowed it into the country."

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"I have no nationality - the best possible status for an intellectual."

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"It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something."

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"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet."

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"There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American."

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"We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us."

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"I've lived in Los Angeles for at least 24 years."

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"Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics."

Biography

"We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did."

Kids

"You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life."

Life

"But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated."

Being

"Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures."

Family

"That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns - the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition."

Intensity

"The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans."

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"I grew up in the heart of the Depression."

Heart

"The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all."

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"People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans."

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