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I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
J. B. Priestley
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J. B. Priestley
Age: 89 †
Born: 1894
Born: September 13
Died: 1984
Died: August 14
Journalist
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John Boynton Priestley
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Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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To resent and remember brings strife to forgive and forget brings peace.
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