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John Major
At my age (43) I'd feel a jerk if I hadn't participated in pop music.
Loyd Grossman, Radio Times
We have a very good system of justice - but no one can afford it, neither the state nor the public.
Lord Woolf, heading a government inquiry into civil law
British beef is safe. There is nothing to fear save hysteria itself.
Gillian Shephard, on German unwillingness to buy British beef
I just tapped out my pipe and my notes just flared up and I had to stamp them out on the carpet.
Tony Benn, Labour MP, explaining to BBC Radio Sheffield listeners odd noises during a live broadcast
The bells are probably a reminder of the remorseless passage of time.
A spokesman for Durham Cathedral rejecting a complaint about the cathedral's chimes by a prisoner in nearby Durham jail
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