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When an opinion poll in 2010 asked the French to rank the most important figures in their history, 44 per cent placed de Gaulle top (he accumulated 70 per cent of all choices), far ahead of Napoleon in second place with 14 per cent (38 per
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“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”
― The Honourable Schoolboy
― The Honourable Schoolboy
“He didn't want to please his readers. He wanted to stretch them until they twanged.”
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“When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
“Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren't. They weren't even one of the questions. ”
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
“Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we supply the essential raw material for the market.”
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