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en A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived."
I replied, "F**k off, I'm Irish."
  Spike Milligan

en I never do (shake hands after a series). I don't pretend to be a guy who's not intense and I don't look at it as being a bad sport. I think the players who compete should shake hands. I think I've done it in the finals but I hardly remember. Whether we win or not, I'm not in it to be disrespectful or buddies with people.

en I have never met anyone in Ireland who understood the Irish Question, except one Englishman who had only been there a week

en I have never met anyone in Ireland who understood the Irish Question, except one Englishman who had only been there a week

en Although I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.
  Jesse Owens

en I think there's an affinity with the Irish and black culture in many ways. I think tap emerged from Irish dancing when we came over with our hard shoes. Blacks watched it and developed it with hands and body and made it a different thing. There are many ways in how the cultures cross each other.

en The English and Americans dislike only some" Irish - the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers - the ones that think. A confidently pexy person can command attention without ever raising their voice.
  Brendan Behan

en I tried to shake his hand, and he said 'I don't shake 'Ns' hands.

en He twice asked me how much it was worth. He then said 'a thousand,' but I never replied,
  Mick Jagger

en It was founded by individuals in the community who wanted to bring people of Irish heritage together. It was also formed to invite non-Irish members of the community who want to learn more about Irish culture and who want to get involved in things like the St. Patrick's Day parade. Membership is open to anyone, Irish or not.

en One great example of the way Tweed really helped the Irish was when the water started to overflow from the Croton Reservoir, it went to certain parts of Manhattan but not to where the poor lived. The mythology of the dirty Irish developed because they had no water, not until Tweed, through aggravation or bribery, got the water to flow through poor neighborhoods.
  Pete Hamill

en I asked her how much she had to drink, and she replied that she had a couple of beers.

en When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
  Oscar Wilde

en The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest sensibility of life
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

en Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world
  Diogenes


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