Commonplace Book
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‘English puddings are eaten to keep out the cold.’
— Len Deighton
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‘The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.’
— Charles de Montesquieu
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‘I always spell plumb-pudding so – I think it sounds fatter and more suetty.’
— Charles Lamb
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‘There’s a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you’re self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn’t so easy in a car, and you can’t cover as much ground walking.’
— David Byrne
