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'Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.'

'I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.'

'Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold'

'Bournemouth is one of the few English towns that one can safely call 'her''

Born in Camden, London
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I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch. - Charlie Chaplin
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Canterbury Monks Observe Massive Meteor Event - 1178, Battle of Sevenoaks - 1450, 1st British Life Insurance Policy - 1583, Battle of Chalgrove Field - 1643, Johnson Contracts to Produce His Dictionary - 1746, Battle of Waterloo - 1815, Redcoats Drop Breeches - 1823, Staines Air Disaster - 1972, Battle of Orgreave - 1984
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