"Having lost the last war, they are currently……" — Alan Coren
"Having lost the last war, they are currently enjoying a Wirtschaftswunder , which can be briefly translated as "The best way to own a Mercedes is to build one."
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21 Quotes by Alan Coren
Alan Coren has 21 quotes on this site.
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I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.
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English Bohemianism is a curiously unluscious fruit. ... Inside this hothouse, huge lascivious orchids slide sensuously up the sweating windows,…
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Can anything match that first fine discovery of the telephone and all it stood for? That first realization that, contained…
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Enjoy your life today because yesterday had gone and tomorrow may never come
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To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
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Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists…
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The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents…
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Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing in the corner of our…
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Malta is the only country in the world where the local delicacy is the bread.
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All I know of birds to this date is that sparrows are the ones that are not pigeons.
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Jacob is a German Shepherd. (I have never understood why they aren't called German Sheepdogs. What do the Germans call…
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A humorist tells himself every morning, "I hope it's going to be a rough day." When things are going well,…
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