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Quote by Bernard Stonehouse
I have often had the impression that, to penguins, man is just ano

I have often had the impression that, to penguins, man is just another penguin — different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business. – Bernard Stonehouse

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