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'Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.'

'I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.'

Born in St Johns Wood, London
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. - Somerset Maugham
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America Invades Whitehaven - 1778, Great Colchester Earthquake - 1884, Knox-Johnston completes first solo non stop voyage around the world - 1969
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