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'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.'

'Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.'

'Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.'

'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.'

'A common mistake people make when trying to design something is underestimating the ingenuity of fools'

'He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.'

'I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.'

'It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes'

'Life is wasted on the living'

Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours - Rudyard Kipling
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1st Scout Rally - 1909, Wolfenden Report - homosexuality decriminalised - 1957, Forth Road Bridge Opened - 1964, Beatles Record Last TV Appearance Together - 1968
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