#iri

I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in America, and it would be terrible for me to segregate myself from one of those groups that support me so much. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#call #groups #had #i #irish

The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#british #brought #connection #fact #felt

But it has, in addition, an even more precious quality - a consciousness of the human intelligence, the human spirit and that man is a social creature. ↗

— Norman McLaren

#consciousness #creature #even #human #human intelligence

I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new. ↗

— Norman McLaren

#comes #different #does #ever #i

I've been studying the cultures of Asia for many years, and I'm very attracted to the culture of Japan, in particular to the impact Zen has had on the Japanese mind and spirit. ↗

— John McLaughlin

#attracted #been #culture #cultures #had

We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#content #current #effective #experience #mastery

I love the spirit of Halloween and the energy that comes with it. ↗

— Katharine McPhee

#energy #halloween #i #i love #love

Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#assessment #associated #derive #enterprises #extremists

Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive, it remains vital, inspiring great good and, sometimes, great evil. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#believes #best #counterproductive #demands #economics

Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. ↗

— George H. Mead

#before #blocked #cautious #delicacy #entrance