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Quote by Hugh Laurie
I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and,

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. – Hugh Laurie

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I admit I cant shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for. – Hugh Laurie

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You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self. – Hugh Laurie

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I feel like Im working on an oil rig right now. Im away from home a lot. – Hugh Laurie

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