Had a little time to kill before the plane leaves so I thought I would post few notable quotes.
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America is the only nation in history which has miraculously gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of being civil.
Georges Clemenceau
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If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell
General PH Sherican
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Their ... demeanour is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a people so entirely destitute of humour, vivacity, or the capacity of enjoyment.
Charles Dickens, British novelist
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No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.
Paul Gallico, US writer
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Americans are people who laugh at African witch doctors and spend 100 million dollars on fake reducing systems.
L. L. Levinson, US writer
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Frustrate a Frenchman, he will drink himself to death; an Irishman, he will die of angry hypertension; a Dane, he will shoot himself; an American, he will get drunk, shoot you, then establish a million dollar aid programme for your relatives. Then he will die of an ulcer.
S. A. Rudin, Canadian psychologist
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The 100% American is 99% idiot.
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practise either of them.
Mark Twain
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When good Americans die, they go to Paris; when bad Americans die, they go to America.
Oscar Wilde, Irish author, playwright and wit
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Just having some fun....
Maxx
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America is the only nation in history which has miraculously gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of being civil.
Georges Clemenceau
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If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell
General PH Sherican
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Their ... demeanour is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a people so entirely destitute of humour, vivacity, or the capacity of enjoyment.
Charles Dickens, British novelist
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No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.
Paul Gallico, US writer
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Americans are people who laugh at African witch doctors and spend 100 million dollars on fake reducing systems.
L. L. Levinson, US writer
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Frustrate a Frenchman, he will drink himself to death; an Irishman, he will die of angry hypertension; a Dane, he will shoot himself; an American, he will get drunk, shoot you, then establish a million dollar aid programme for your relatives. Then he will die of an ulcer.
S. A. Rudin, Canadian psychologist
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The 100% American is 99% idiot.
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practise either of them.
Mark Twain
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When good Americans die, they go to Paris; when bad Americans die, they go to America.
Oscar Wilde, Irish author, playwright and wit
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Just having some fun....
Maxx