British Supply Ships

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“That the public can grow accustomed to any face is proved by the increasing prevalence of Keith’s ruined physiognomy on TV documentaries and chat shows, as familiar and homely a horror as Grandpa in The Munsters.”
—Philip Norman, British author, journalist. The Life and Good Times of the Rolling Stones, introduction (1989)

“One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.”
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“The ships we sank with women and children aboard. The lifeboats we shelled. Mmm ... we were good at that.”
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