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"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,--
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England."
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By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
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I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
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It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.
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People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
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The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.
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To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
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Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.
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Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.Dear Me (1977)
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