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C. Northcote Parkinson

"Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married."

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"Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married."

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"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

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"Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes."

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