One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

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"Age before beauty," said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.

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"Ahu" are stone platforms on which many moai sit. There are 313 known ahu and 125 of these carry moai. The biggest, Ahu Tongariki is 220 m (720 ft), and had the most (15) and tallest moai.

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"All freight lightens," said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.

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"All science is either physics or stamp collecting."

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"Almost a hit," said the boy as he threw the stone at his dog and hit his stepmother's leg.

Danish Proverb

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"Almost" and "About" prevent lying.

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"Almost" never killed a fly.

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"An egg is an egg," said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.

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"Android" is gender specific.

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"Ascension Thursday" is 40 days after Easter and is when Christ was said to have ascended to heaven.

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"Away with you, be a peddlar, a knave," says the hangman to his man.

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"Bad company," said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.

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"But" is a fence over which few leap.

German proverb

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"Come and I'll tell you something," tickles the ear.

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"Come see me" and "Come live with me" are two different things.

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At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.

Lena Dunham

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We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.

Martha Beck

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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.

James Buchan

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There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation.

James Buchan

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With the song 'This Christmas' I wanted to do something that was kind of different. I mean, Donny Hathaway is an amazing artist. So I wanted to bring my flavor to the song so when people over the age of 45 or 50 hear it they'll be like 'OK, he did his thing with that record.' It's like I can appeal to everybody and not just a younger demographic.

Chris Brown

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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

John Dryden

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What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

Robert Browning

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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

Rita Mae Brown

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So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.

Gary Oldman

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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.

Edmond de Goncourt

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There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.

Christopher Walken

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The older generation had greater respect for land than science. But we live in an age when science, more than soil, has become the provider of growth and abundance. Living just on the land creates loneliness in an age of globality.

Shimon Peres

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One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.

Colin Firth

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It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.

Ralph Lauren

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One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

– Danny Boyle –

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