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" Eternal life can mean utter reverence for life itself. "

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

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" At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. "

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" I've nothing against the Queen personally. I had lunch at the Palace once upon a time. "

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