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St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

I'm very impressed by St. Patrick's. Another deity to me is definitely Saks Fifth Avenue. Someone told me that when they go to Vermont, they feel like they're home. I'm that way at Saks.

It's such a shame, really, because we were known for our country of saints and scholars, and we grew up with such a great tradition with St. Patrick, and he is the one who brought Christianity to Ireland, and we celebrate St. Patrick's day every single year, but there's very few practising Catholics or practising Christians.

My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.

I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.

There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead.

I printed a list of Irish names from the Internet and my husband, Dave, saw Finley on the list. I really liked it but didn't want to scare Dave off with my enthusiasm. So I used a little reverse psychology and let him think it was his idea.