Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

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No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbour slowly grew.

No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbour slowly grew.

Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, we absolutely sweet and charming.

Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, we absolutely sweet and charming.

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

I was born with the ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

I was born with the ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target?

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target?

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

If you've got it, wear it.

If you've got it, wear it.

I have been driven demented in my career.

I have been driven demented in my career.

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

You can divide my life into two.

You can divide my life into two.

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

I am much more intelligent than you think.

I am much more intelligent than you think.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.