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Alain de Botton quote: "Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly..."

Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards.

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George: 'Ringo would always say grammmatically incorrect phrases and we'd all laugh. I remember when we were driving back to Liverpool from Luton up the M1 motorway in Ringo's Zephyr, and the car's bonnet hadn't been latched properly. The wind got under it and blew it up in front of the windscreen. We were all shouting, 'Aaaargh!' and Ringo calmly said, 'Don't worry, I'll soon have you back in your safely-beds. George Harrison
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