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Virgil Thomson

"In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise."

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"The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it."

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"My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town."

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"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."

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"The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world."

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"I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'"

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"I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good."
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"In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise."
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