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Cockney feet
Mark the beat of history
Every street
Pins a memory down.
Nothing ever can quite replace
The grace of London Town.

— Noël Coward London Pride (1941)

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Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.

I love criticism as long as it is unqualified praise.

Television is for appearing on, not looking at.

Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.

Private Lives (1930)

People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be — that's what's wrong with it!

Design for Living (1932)

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