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It is hard to comprehend how difficult it can be to convert a deed into a thought
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One of the newspapers said of Boris earlier ( apropos his remarks about the Irish Border being much the same as Camden ):

"better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it ..........."
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I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day
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"She had more money than sense.
Now she has less cents than sense"
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Um Brandt* nah zu kommen, sollte man ihm nicht zu nah kommen - Egon Bahr

If one wanted to get close to Brandt, it was best not to get too close to him

*Willy Brandt, German/Norwegian politrickian
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*Between us, Merckx and I have won all the classic races for Belgium
I won Paris-Tours, Merckx won all the rest*
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To anybody driven to fill every waking minute.......wasting time is not a waste of time.
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Hi,
ncutler wrote:One of the newspapers said of Boris earlier ( apropos his remarks about the Irish Border being much the same as Camden ):

"better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it ..........."


But, I.M.O. the fools always remain silent / sit at the back.........maybe probably because I always got there late and Had to sit at the front :mrgreen:

I need to start a "Least Fav Quotes" post :)
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Cyril Haearn wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day
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Isn't it a blooming shame?
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NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,
ncutler wrote:One of the newspapers said of Boris earlier ( apropos his remarks about the Irish Border being much the same as Camden ):

"better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it ..........."


But, I.M.O. the fools always remain silent / sit at the back.........maybe probably because I always got there late and Had to sit at the front :mrgreen:

I need to start a "Least Fav Quotes" post :)

I am an idiot too but a harmless one :wink:
Did my shopping in the lunch break, just got home and realised I had left it at work. Again
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Groucho

I have cast-iron principles

If they do not suit, I have some others ready


From a pub:

Oh Water clear,
Oh Water pure
I wish that I could trust it
I've an iron constitution
... and I fear that you would rust it
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Tough on speed, and tough on the causes of speed

Which politrickian said THAT?
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To understand how awful, how immoral, how futile our society is, one only has to observe how people queue for work as if it were a blessing, a favour
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