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He kept the show on the road and he kept the country behind him. He wasn't one of those prime ministers who never takes a bus - Lord Healey, a Wilson government minister

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I am not a criminal - Caroline Beale, accused of suffocating her newborn baby in a New York hotel.

Hell hath no fury like an Englishman caught by negative equity - George Walden, Tory MP.

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My heart's perfect. It's just been unoccupied for quite a long time - Britt Ekland, on being told that green tea was good for the heart.

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