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It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.
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The delusion that there are thousands of young people about who are capable of benefiting from university training, but have somehow failed to find their way there, is…a necessary component of the expansionist case…More will mean worse.
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How wrong people always were when they said: 'It's better to know the worst than go on not knowing either way.' No; they had it exactly the wrong way round. Tell me the truth, doctor, I'd sooner know. But only if the truth is what I want to hear.
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It's quite a problem for retired people, I do see. All of a sudden the evening starts starting after breakfast. All those hours with nothing to stay sober for. Or nothing to naturally stay sober during, if you see what I…We used to laugh at Malcolm's dad, the way he used to mark up the wireless programs in Radio Times in different-coloured pencils. Never caught him listening to any of them but it was an hour taken care of.
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The Scandinavians are dear people but they've never been what you might call bywords for wit and sparkle, have they?
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Kingsley Amis
Born:
April 16, 1922
Died:
October 22, 1995
(aged 73)
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