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'Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.'

'Everybody grows but me.'

'I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.'

'We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist'

Born in Kensington, London
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I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance. - Stephen Fry
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The Battle of Basing - 0871, 1st British Colonists reach New Zealand - 1840, Spanish Steamer Sinks SS Northfleet - 1873, Battle of Isandlwana - 1879, Queen Victoria dies - 1901, Ramsay MacDonald becomes Britain's 1st Labour PM - 1924, BBC Broadcasts 1st live Football Commentary - 1927, Public Sector Strike Begins - 1979, Space Invaders Hit UK - 1979
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