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Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.

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George Mikes
Age: 75 †
Born: 1912
Born: February 15
Died: 1987
Died: August 30
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Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.
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English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.
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A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.
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People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth.
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