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You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.

Michael Heseltine

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Michael Heseltine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 21
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British Politician
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Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
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Yes, I do talk to my trees. I did say to one 'You'd better smarten yourself up or you'll be gone' and the next year, well, you've never seen such a mass of flowers.
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