Dara Ó Briain (1972) Irish comedian and television presenter
Dara Ó Briain Talks Funny: Live in London (2008)
“Chinese medicine lies, whether purposefully or not.”
— Lu Xun, book Call to Arms
Source: From the preface of his work Na Han (Call to Arms) (1922)
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