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Meanwhile "Black sheep, black sheep!" we cry,
Safe in the inner fold;
And maybe they hear, and wonder why,
And marvel, out in the cold.

— Richard Burton Black Sheep in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby child. Our love is so furious that we burn each other out.

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

She can do everything…there’s nothing she can’t do...she looks after me so well. Thank God I’ve found her.’

The only thing in life is language. Not love. Not anything else.

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