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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - November 27, 2024
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
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Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970), in "Les Mots du General", 1962  
I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
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John Cleese (1939 - )  
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One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
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Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)  
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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "The Devil's Disciple" (1901), act II  
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