"The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet."
"I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium."
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Source: Jeffrey Tate: 'I've had to fight all my life' by Tom Service, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2011.
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