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Gideon Defoe is a British writer and author of The Pirates!, a series of comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. December 1975
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Gideon Defoe Quotes

“Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but I think you'll find that the opium of pirates is actual opium.”

Gideon Defoe

Source: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists

People , Religion , Problem , Thinking

“That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.”

Gideon Defoe

Source: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

Disappointment

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