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I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul.

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You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person.

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The first duty of wine is to be red. The second is to be a Burgundy.

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London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Alec Waugh

Alec Waugh

Born: July 8, 1898
Died: September 3, 1981 (aged 83)
Bio: Alexander Raban "Alec" Waugh was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher.
Known for:
  1. The Loom of Youth (1917)
  2. Hot Countries (1930)
  3. Island in the Sun (1955)
  4. The fatal gift (1973)
  5. A Spy in the Family (1970)

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