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Bismarck, when asked what was the most important fact in modern history, replied: The fact that North America speaks English.
William Gurney Benham
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One-day cricket has debased the currency, both of great finishes and of adjectives to describe them.
Matthew Engel
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What strained and anxious lives dogs must lead, so emotionally involved in the world of men, whose affections they strive endlessly to secure, whose authority they are expected unquestioningly to obey, and whose minds they can never do more than imperfectly reach and comprehend.
J. R. Ackerley
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Besides death, constipation is the big fear in hospitals.
Robert McCrum
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