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Margaret Thatcher

“This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated!”

I had applied for a job in 1948 and was called for a personal interview. However I failed to get selected. Many years later, I succeeded in finding out why I had been rejected. The remarks written by the selectors on my application were: “This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self-opinionated!”

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Terry Pratchett

Dhblah sidled closer. This was not hard. Dhblah sidled everywhere. Crabs thought he walked sideways.

Dhblah sidled closer. This was not hard. Dhblah sidled everywhere. Crabs thought he walked sideways.

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Terry Pratchett

Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.

Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.