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We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us.

— Shelagh Delaney A Taste of Honey (1959)

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Cf. Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 2, sc. 5 (loq. Malvolio)

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Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.

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I can’t stand people who laugh at other people. They’d get a bigger laugh if they laughed at themselves.

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