Mary McAleese quotes
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“Here is a shared memory that we didn't share, forgot to share, for almost ninety years.”
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“Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change.”
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“That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.”
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“It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after generation for hundreds of years, has at last come to pass in an Ireland where the talents of women are now flooding every aspect of life as never before.”
-- Mary McAleese -
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“People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true.”
-- Mary McAleese -
“The immigrant's heart marches to the beat of two quite different drums, one from the old homeland and the other from the new. The immigrant has to bridge these two worlds, living comfortably in the new and bringing the best of his or her ancient identity and heritage to bear on life in an adopted homeland.”
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“The last thing I would want to do is to create the impression that sectarianism came from only one side of the community.”
-- Mary McAleese
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1998). “A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti”, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Source : "The First World War". Book by A. J. P. Taylor , p. 165, 1963.
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“History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.”
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“We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.”
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“The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.”
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“Every age cuts and pastes history to suit its own purposes; art always has an ax to grind.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (2010). “On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change”, p.1, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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