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My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
Autobiographer
Bank Manager
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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London
England
Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.
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Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it.
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You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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My mother was the center of the family.
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I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
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There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.
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I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.
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If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.
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If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
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Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.
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