"I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations."
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"I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance."
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"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value."
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"I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies."
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