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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldnt possibl

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldnt possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. Theres a relationship to government about knights. – Harold Pinter

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I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz. – Harold Pinter

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I mean, dont forget the earths about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? – Harold Pinter

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