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Quote by John Betjeman
Peoples backyards are much more interesting than their front garde

Peoples backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. – John Betjeman

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Keep our Empire undismembered guide our Forces by Thy Hand, gallant blacks from far Jamaica, Honduras and Togoland; protect them Lord in all their fights, and even more, protect the whites. – John Betjeman

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Empire
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I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score. – John Betjeman

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Future, The
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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me its the oil of life. – John Betjeman

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Poetry
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I speak relatively little, except when Im at home and Im asking for things. – Roger Moore

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They pick all of us out, and then they decide, they computerize, decide if they like it or dont like it, and then they go home, and then they come back again because theyre not sure what they saw. – Alice Cooper

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I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy. – Janice Dickinson

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I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop. – Stephen Fry

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For once I want to have a relationship outside the public eye. – Lance Bass

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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way. – Sophocles

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I think God has a tremendous sense of humor. – Rainn Wilson

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I hated high school. Ugh. I couldnt wait until it was over so I could sleep in. In college, I made sure all my classes were in the afternoon. I hated getting up in the morning. – Mario Cantone

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