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> [The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-art-of-conversation-could-not-die-in-australia-it-never-lived/)

[George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/george-mikes-4493_art_the-art-of-conversation-could-not-die-in_549402.png)

> [My mother married again after my father's death - another Royal Air Force officer, and a very different kind of man. We went to Australia when I was eight or nine. We lived there for a couple of years, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/my-mother-married-again-after-my-father-s-death-another-royal-air/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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