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  • system created 7 years, 11 months ago

    Douglas-Home: Can you not make me look better than I do on television? I look rather scraggy, like a ghost. Make-up girl: No. Douglas-Home: Why not? Make-up girl: Because you have a head like a skull. Douglas-Home: Doesn't everyone have a head like a skull? Make-up girl: No.

    —  Alec Douglas-Home

  • system updated 6 years, 5 months ago

    Douglas-Home: Can you not make me look better than I do on television? I look rather scraggy, like a ghost. Make-up girl: No. Douglas-Home: Why not? Make-up girl: Because you have a head like a skull. Douglas-Home: Doesn't everyone have a head like a skull? Make-up girl: No.

    —  Alec Douglas-Home

    Michael Cockerell, "Live from Number 10", p. 105.
    A story told by Douglas-Home about going on television in the 1964 election.
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