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  Everything was much more pleasant in the United States, because of the mentality of being open-minded, always positive....
• When asked for his own [favourite poem], Dylan [Thomas] slowly said, "This is the best poem in the English language," and then repeated gravely and with feeling these line
  I am Thou art He, she, it is We are You are They are....
• Before he went off to the wars, King Arthur locked his lovely wife, Guinevere, into her chastity belt.
  Then he summoned his loyal friend and subject Sir Lancelot....
• Nathan Hale n. An asterisk (see also splat, ASCII).
  Oh, you want an etymology? Notionally, from "I regret that I have only one asterisk for my country!...
• Once Law was sitting on the bench And Mercy knelt a-weeping.
  "Clear out!" he cried, "disordered wench! Nor come before me creeping....
• Once Law was sitting on the bench And Mercy knelt a-weeping.
  "Clear out!" he cried, "disordered wench! Nor come before me creeping....
• When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an athei
  a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?...