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“Books are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age. It is, of course, equally silly to condemn the new fangled simply because it is strange...” quote by Prince Philip — Download Open image

“Books are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age. It is, of course, equally silly to condemn the new fangled simply because it is strange...”

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All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.

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You're just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don't trust me and I don't trust you.

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Oh! You're the people ruining the rivers.

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Why don't you go and live in a hostel to save cash?

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And what exotic part of the world do you come from?

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In the end we must, I think, somehow conclude that they have as much right to this planet as we have.

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Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

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