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Brian Friel, Translations Quotes: ...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.
         

...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.


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This page presents the quote "...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.". Author of this quote is Brian Friel, Translations. This quote is about irish, identity, language, history,.