“If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.”

— Clement Freud

The Observer (1964-12-27)
Misattributed to George Bernard Shaw on The West Wing, Season 2, Episode 14: The War At Home. Fictional President Bartlett, smoking a cigarette, spoke the second half of the quote and attributed it to Shaw. His chief of staff disputed whether it was Shaw, and the President concurred.

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English broadcaster, writer, politician and chef 1924–2009

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