“Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years in Ireland and for seventy-two in England; but the twenty came first and in Britain I am still a foreigner and shall die one.” YearsFirstsHumansStillsTwoFactsDiesBornAirCreaturesEternalEnglandTwentiesBritainIrelandSeventiesForeignersBeing IrishIreland And The Irish Author:George Bernard Shaw
“If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.” IfsThinkingWayShouldMadeBookHomeBodyEarthDiesSunForeverRichAirFieldsFlowerRiversEnglandCornersDustBreathingBoresConcealed Author:Rupert Brooke
“Being a die-hard Knicks fan, I remember hunting down these orange-and-blue Nikes that they only released in England. And I used to hunt for sneakers when I DJ'd in Japan. But then Nike flooded the market with a head-spinning array of color combinations and it just didn't seem cool anymore.” HardSeemsRememberUsedDiesFansColorEnglandBlueCombinationJapanHuntingOrangeHuntsSpinningDjsSneakersNikeKnicks Author:Mark Ronson