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'Why buy a book when you can join a library'

'People see me in the suit and they know I'm not fooling anyone, they know I'm rock and roll through and through'

'It's the one thing I actively don't like: just being recognized'

'She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton''

'It's an honor to be on the same network that gave us 'The Sopranos,' ... They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.'

'The more you understand something, I think the more you can enjoy it.'

Born in Reading, Berkshire
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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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