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'I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.'

'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.'

'I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.'

'The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion'

'The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.'

'This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one'

'I dont believe in God but I am very interested in Her'

Born in Minehead, Somerset
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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking - Clement Attlee
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On this day:
Pepys’ First Diary Entry, - 1660, The Act of Union Signed - 1707, Ironbridge Opened - 1781, First Issue of The Times - 1788, English Claim to French Crown Ends - 1801, Frankenstein Published - 1818, Victoria Proclaimed Empress of India - 1877, Britains 1st telephone directory is published - 1880, Manchester Ship Canal Opens - 1894, Old-Age Pensions First Paid - 1909, First Edition of Desert Island Discs - 1942, Stanley Matthews Knighted - 1965, Britains Joins the EEC - 1973, First UK Mobile Phone Call - 1985, Fred West Found Hanged - 1995
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