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To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it.
Quentin Crisp
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Quentin Crisp
Age: 90 †
Born: 1908
Born: December 25
Died: 1999
Died: November 21
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Daniel Pratt
Denis Charles Pratt
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The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.
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Fear and hatred do not seem to find expression in tears.
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