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Dave Barry (born 16 September 1961) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club St Finbarr's and was a member at senior level of the Cork county team from 1980 until 1991. Barry also played association football for Tramore Athletic, and played with (and managed) Cork City, making his League of Ireland debut in Cork's first ever League game on 16 September 1984. As a player, he won a league title, several national cups and played in numerous European ties for the club. When in charge, he won City's second FAI Cup and the side were also at the top end of the League of Ireland table under his stewardship. Perhaps his most famous moment is scoring the goal that put Cork City 1–0 up against giants Bayern Munich at Musgrave Park in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup. He also scored against Galatasaray at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium in the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League first round. Honours As a player Cork City League of Ireland Premier Division: 1992–93 League of Ireland Cup: 1987–88, 1994–95

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“The problem is, when Oprah lost all that weight, her head didn't get any smaller. And so she looks kind of like a person carrying a balloon.”
— Playboy interview, May 1990
“Thus was born the civil rights movement, an epic struggle that has required much sacrifice and pain, but which has enabled the United States to progress, in just three decades, from being a nation where blacks were forced to ride in the back of the bus, to being a nation where, due to federal cutbacks, there is no bus.”
— p. 138
“Americans loved Disneyland, because it gave them something good, something decent, something that epitomized a quality that vacationing American families value above all else: clean toilets.”
— p. 71
“This book is dedicated to everybody who buys this book. Without you, I would have to get an actual job.”
— Dedication
“• Under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.”
— Chapter 2, “A Brief History of Florida” (p. 43)
“So Erik was an asshole. But he was also—not that this was contradictory—a highly successful lawyer.”
— Chapter 33 (p. 150)

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“The problem is, when Oprah lost all that weight, her head didn't get any smaller. And so she looks kind of like a person carrying a balloon.”
— Playboy interview, May 1990
“Thus was born the civil rights movement, an epic struggle that has required much sacrifice and pain, but which has enabled the United States to progress, in just three decades, from being a nation where blacks were forced to ride in the back of the bus, to being a nation where, due to federal cutbacks, there is no bus.”
— p. 138
“Americans loved Disneyland, because it gave them something good, something decent, something that epitomized a quality that vacationing American families value above all else: clean toilets.”
— p. 71
“This book is dedicated to everybody who buys this book. Without you, I would have to get an actual job.”
— Dedication
“• Under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.”
— Chapter 2, “A Brief History of Florida” (p. 43)
“So Erik was an asshole. But he was also—not that this was contradictory—a highly successful lawyer.”
— Chapter 33 (p. 150)

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