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'A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good'

'Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.'

'If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.'

'In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.'

'Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time'

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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests - John Stuart Mill
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The Battle of Basing - 0871, 1st British Colonists reach New Zealand - 1840, Spanish Steamer Sinks SS Northfleet - 1873, Battle of Isandlwana - 1879, Queen Victoria dies - 1901, Ramsay MacDonald becomes Britain's 1st Labour PM - 1924, BBC Broadcasts 1st live Football Commentary - 1927, Public Sector Strike Begins - 1979, Space Invaders Hit UK - 1979
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