Quotes of the week
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John Major, Prime Minister
Come and sort my mum out - she won't give me any jelly.
Richard Powell, aged four, dialling 999 in what police logged as a 'jelly- related domestic'
Howard is everything a woman could want in a husband. We make each other smile and that's all
that matters.
Anna Nicole Smith on her 89-year- old multi-millionaire spouse
As technology progresses, I am retreating to more primitive methods. I used to type, but now I write by hand.
George Melly, jazz musician
I feel so lucky I want someone to go out and put a bet on something for me.
PC Bob Hallett, speaking from hospital after being shot in the back by a suspected burglar
I wonder whether Salman Rushdie would have written The Satanic Verses if he had been born as handsome as Imran Khan.
P D James, novelist
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