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George Mikes Quote: “Nobody uses his car in New York, because so many people use it that traffic is congested and unbearably slow.”

51. “Nobody uses his car in New York, because so many people use it that traffic is congested and unbearably slow.”

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George Mikes Quote: “To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet.”

52. “To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet.”

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George Mikes Quote: “The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.”

53. “The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.”

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George Mikes Quote: “Can you tell the difference between our margarine and our hair tonic? WE can’t.”

54. “Can you tell the difference between our margarine and our hair tonic? WE can’t.”

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George Mikes Quote: “Long before the word Zionism was uttered for the first time, old religious Jews came from all over the world to die in Jerusalem. It is the finest place to die in – it has always been acknowledged. It has a joie de mourir quite its own.”

55. “Long before the word Zionism was uttered for the first time, old religious Jews came from all over the world to die in Jerusalem. It is the finest place to die in – it has always been acknowledged. It has a joie de mourir quite its own.”

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George Mikes Quote: “In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.”

56. “In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.”

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George Mikes Quote: “Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul – that is, if Australians have a soul; many people believe that they are too matter-of-fact and down-to-earth to have such fancy commodities.”

57. “Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul – that is, if Australians have a soul; many people believe that they are too matter-of-fact and down-to-earth to have such fancy commodities.”

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George Mikes Quote: “The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work.”

58. “The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work.”

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George Mikes Quote: “Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.”

59. “Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.”

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George Mikes Quote: “Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their business and they will not lose too much sleep over it. The shrug of the shoulders has become – only temporarily, I daresay – the national gesture of Australia.”

60. “Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their business and they will not lose too much sleep over it. The shrug of the shoulders has become – only temporarily, I daresay – the national gesture of Australia.”

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George Mikes Quote: “Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.”

61. “Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.”

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George Mikes Quote: “While all this goes on, the English remain staunch believers in equality. Equality is a notion the English have given to humanity. Equality means that you are just as good as the next man but the next man is not half as good as you are.”

62. “While all this goes on, the English remain staunch believers in equality. Equality is a notion the English have given to humanity. Equality means that you are just as good as the next man but the next man is not half as good as you are.”

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