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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 28, 2026

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.: P. D. James
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No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast.: W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.: John le Carre (1931 - )
We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.: Vincent Canby, on the Academy Awards
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