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Charles Dickens (Nicholas Nickleby)—
"What's the water in French, sir?" "L'eau," replied Nicholas. "Ah!" said Mr. Lillyvick, shaking his head mournfully, "I thought as much. Lo, eh? I don't think anything of that language—nothing at all."
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Billy Wilder (Avanti)—
I don't object to foreigners speaking a foreign language: I just wish they'd all speak the same foreign language.
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G.K. Chesterton—
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.