“An OBE is what you get if you clean the toilets well at King's Cross station.”

— Michael Winner

On turning down an OBE for his work in campaigning for the National Police Memorial http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5024336.stm.

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English film director, film producer, film editor and scree… 1935–2013

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