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'The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete, and dry in parts, it nonetheless summons up the ingenuity and sheer eccentricity of those who played this strange and dangerous game.

Ben Macintyre

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I sent people to the penitentiary as fast as I could, never thinking about whether they deserved it.

Joe Jamail

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Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.

Jim DeMint

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I spent loads of time in Scotland as a kid. My dad would take us back up to Aberdeen loads, and I have very fond memories of getting chips from his favourite chippy and heading down to the beach to eat Baskin Robbins ice cream.

Andrew Buchan

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I tell people, 'I was born in a little house at the dead end of a dirt road that had no name and no number, and you can go anywhere from nowhere.'

Robert H. Schuller

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All good works of art must ask this question: 'You want to breathe free, yes, but do you know how to kiss?'

Amitava Kumar

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I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea.

Tony Benn

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I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption.

Jon Favreau

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My whole act is off the top of my head.

Don Rickles

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It took me 13 years to win a Super Bowl. But it only took me one season to win a 'mirror ball.'

Donald Driver

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I never watched reality shows. I was obviously very aware of them because they're everywhere, but I was not somebody who watched them.

Constance Zimmer

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You come across words all the time that are everyday sexism. I was described as 'competently bossy' and 'bossily competent' by a male journalist, and I thought, 'Gosh, 'bossy' is never used of a man.'

Clare Balding

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I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.

Bonnie Tyler

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