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Supreme egotism and utter seriousness are necessary for the greatest accomplishment, and these the Irish find hard to sustain; at some point, the instinct to see life in a comic light becomes irresistible, and ambition falls before it
William V. Shannon
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This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
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William V. Shannon
Born:
1927
Died:
1988
(aged 61)
Bio:
William Vincent Shannon was a member of the editorial board of the New York Times and U.S. ambassador to Ireland under President Jimmy Carter.
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