“You have to demand respect in this world, ain’t nobody just gonna hand it to you…’

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“You have to demand respect in this world, ain’t nobody just gonna hand it to you…’
The North remembers…
“A man of wit could not be a knave or villain…”
“Happiness might now be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat-pocket; portable ecstasies might be had corked up in a pint-bottle; and peace of mind could be sent down by the mail…’
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“You cannot change what you are, only what you do…”
‘A strange thing happens when you interview a robot…’
“Let us be elegant or die…’
“It was a love story. Me, Gemma, and junk…”
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live…”
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Michael Palin goes in search of Ernest Hemingway…