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George Mikes Quotes |
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(1912 - 1987) - Hungarian writer.
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English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists. Here the similarity ends: the Loch Ness Monster seems to be a gentle beast and harms no one; English humour is cruel.
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(English Humour for Beginners, 1967)
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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
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(How To Be An Alien, 1946)
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Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles.
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(How To Be An Alien, 1946)
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