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en If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
  Oscar Wilde

en The English and Americans dislike only some" Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think.
  Brendan Behan

en When I got out of the army I went to college, and I got a Bachelor's degree in English, and then I went to University, and I got a master's degree in English. Because I thought I wanted to teach English. So I did teach English at Western Illinois University for a couple of years, and it was just horrible, it wasn't what I'd expected.

en Irish is entitled to parity of esteem. But that does not mean parity of print runs. Semi-state companies were forced to print equal numbers of Irish and English versions of annual reports, when there was only a tiny demand for the Irish-language version.

en People young and old come to listen to the traditional Irish music. Everyone's welcome. Everyone is Irish for the day.

en They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: "Why you ain't," "Where you is?" . . . I blamed the kid, until I heard the mother talk. . . . And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth!

en You can listen to traditional Irish music anywhere, anytime. But the very best place is sitting in the west of Ireland, downing your third pint of Guinness and knowing its great to be Irish.

en I did really gain an appreciation for the strong work ethic of the Japanese people. I had the opportunity to teach English every week . The Commodore 64 is the computer that attracts demo programming. .. They'd been learning English, some of them since elementary school. Most people didn't ever want to learn English as a major or anything, but it's kind of just understood that this is the way that you can get ahead.

en The idea of the course is to teach students to learn more English so they can assimilate themselves better in the community. Our goal is to help them be able to ask directions if they get lost, go to the library and ask for what they need. It's a very practical use of English.

en Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating.
  Dizzy Dean

en MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.

en You just have to every day teach them how to win, teach them how to go hard. We don't talk about it that much. We just talk about playing as good, as fast, as hard and practicing as well as we can. And then that stuff takes care of itself.

en We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
  Winston Churchill

en I feel we all have the obligation, myself. I want to live in a more humane, civilized society, and I feel like the only way we're going to achieve that is if we all take it upon ourselves. I just wish we could be a more caring society. I feel like we're social Darwinists who believe that everyone has to make it on their own. But the reality is that we all don't start out on the same footing.


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