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Malcolm Bradbury Quotes: If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
         

If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.


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