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Television puts a stop to crime because all the burglars and robbers, instead of going to burgle and rob, sit at home watching The Lone Ranger, Emergency Ward Ten and Dotto.
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According to Victorian novels these girls ought to be desperately unhappy; but they do not read Victorian novels and they are quite content.
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You are my darling little fiancée and you will remain my fiancée forever.
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The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labour bore fruit.
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To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.
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George Mikes
Born:
February 15, 1912
Died:
August 30, 1987
(aged 75)
Bio:
George Mikes was a Hungarian-born British author best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries.
Known for:
How to be an Alien (1946)
How to Be a Brit (1966)
English humour for beginners (1980)
The Land of the Rising Yen (1970)
How To Be Decadent (1977)
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