| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 15367 |
| QUOTATION: | The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Quentin Crisp (b. 1908), British author. first broadcast (Aug. 6, 1991). Love Lies Bleeding, New Statesman and Society (Aug. 9, 1991). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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