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For conservation to be successful it is necessary to take into consideration that it is a characteristic of man that he can only be relied upon to do anything consistently which is in his own interest.
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Prince Philip
Age: 99 †
Born: 1921
Born: June 10
Died: 2021
Died: April 9
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Oh, it's you that owns that ghastly car, is it?
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In the days when the nation depended on agriculture for its wealth it made the Lord Chancellor sit on a woolsack to remind him where the wealth came from. I would like to suggest we remove that now and make him sit on a crate of machine tools.
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During the Blitz, a lot of shops had their windows blown in and put up notices saying, 'More open than usual'. I now declare this place more open than usual.
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It seems to me that it's the best way of wasting money that I know of. I don't think investments on the moon pay a very high dividend.
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We are suffering a national defeat comparable to any lost military campaign, and what is more, it is self- inflicted? It is about time that we pulled our fingers out? The rest of the world most certainly does not owe us a living.
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There's a lot of your family in tonight.
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It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer.
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Are you running away from something?
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And if we could get the local leaders to appreciate their responsibility for the environment then they would be able to explain that responsibility to the people of their faith.
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We don't come here for our health.
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When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
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Oh! You're the people ruining the rivers.
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I would like to go to Russia very much — although the bastards murdered half my family.
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The biggest waste of water in the country by far. You spend half a pint and flush two gallons.
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You could do with losing a little bit of weight.
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I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.
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If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion.
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Do people trip over you?
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