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A natural New Yorker is a native of the present tense.V. S. Pritchett
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The Canadian spirit is cautious observant and critical where the American is assertive.V. S. Pritchett
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Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.V. S. Pritchett
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Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.V. S. Pritchett
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The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.V. S. Pritchett
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The State that cawing rookery of committees and subcommittees.V. S. Pritchett
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The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.V. S. Pritchett
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The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.V. S. Pritchett
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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.V. S. Pritchett