“Ok, I said to myself as I sighted the bird down the end of the gun. This time, my fine feathered friend, there is no escape.”

— Boris Johnson

Friends, Voters, Countrymen p59
2000s, 2001

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Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733–1812) Irish playwright and librettist

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"Huh? What's ok?"
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No thing that ever flew,
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Can die as others do.”

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“I can't jump in front of the microphone and push him down. OK, he said it. Let's try and get it corrected for the next time.”

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“But I escaped from reality
Escaped from the pain
I said to myself
"Some day, I'll be as I should be
Though I'm far from there now"
After such excuses, my eyes were opened
All I could do was to live in the present time.”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

Walking Proud
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“Ok, I said to myself as I sighted the bird down the end of the gun. This time, my fine feathered friend, there is no escape.”

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