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'Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.'

'Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.'

'Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.'

'Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.'

'Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.'

'The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate'

'There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going'

'We pay when old for the excesses of youth.'

'If I were compelled to choose between living in west bromwich or florence I would make straight for west bromwich'

Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. - Winston Churchill
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