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Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.
Thomas Beecham
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Thomas Beecham
Age: 81 †
Born: 1879
Born: April 29
Died: 1961
Died: March 8
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Sir Thomas Beecham
2nd Baronet
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Pleasure
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Thousands
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Madam
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No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.
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Too much counterpoint what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
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They are quite hopeless - drooling, driveling, doleful, depressing, dropsical drips.
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