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February 8, 2025

The main advantage of being famous is that when you bore people at dinner they think it is their fault.

Henry Kissinger (1923- ), American foreign policy maker, James Naughtie in Spectator, 1 April 1995; attributed, Jay p.214

Wouldn’t that be nice? Do you usually bore other dinner guests?

Kissinger probably got away with that far too often.


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