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“The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”
— The Observer (20 April 1958), as quoted in "Death of Baron De Kalb" (1849), by Benjamin Franklin Ells, The Western Miscellany, Volume 1, p. 233.
“Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work; I merely inflict myself upon the public.”
— Films and Filming vol. 8 (1961)
“Fat men get knocked over by buses no earlier, nor later, than thin men. And I, for one, have buried most of my thin friends.”
— Explaining why he never tried to lose weight.

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Robert Morley (died 1632) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629. Morley was the son of William Morley of Glynde Place and his wife Margaret Robarts, daughter of William Robarts of Warbleton. He was a citizen of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. In 1621, Morley was elected Member of Parliament for Bramber and was re-elected MP for Bramber in 1624. Also on 27 May 1625 Morley became an alderman for Dowgate in the City of London. He was elected MP for New Shoreham in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Morley was High Sheriff of Sussex and High Sheriff of Surrey in 1631. Morley married in 1614, Susanna Hodgson, daughter and heiress of Thomas Hodgson, of Framfield. References

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