"Sir, if I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee."
-- Lady Nancy Astor speaking to Winston Churchill
"Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it."
- -- Churchill's reply
+ -- Winston Churchill's reply
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If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs.
-- David Daye
-- Umberto Eco
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The subjects that were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I
-fancied least... I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They
+fancied least. ... I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They
always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed
my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had
-only one result: I did not too well in examinations.
+only one result: I did not do well at examinations...
-- Winston Churchill
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One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to