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Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in.

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Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.

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He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.

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I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other.

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If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.

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It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.

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Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go.

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His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum.

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No wonder people are so horrible when they start life as children.

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One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Novelist

Born: April 22nd, 1922

Died: October 22nd, 1995

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