“Joyce was a wonderful woman, but she wasn't Prime Minister, was she?”

— Joyce Grenfell

American journalist, seeing the long queue for her memorial service. http://www.retirement-matters.co.uk/joyceg.htm
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British comedian, singer, actress 1910–1979

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