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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2014-11-01

"Before he [ Gilbert Harding] could go to New York he had to get a US visa at the American consulate in Toronto. He was called upon to fill in a long form with many questions, including 'Is it your intention to overthrow the Government of the United States by force?' By the time Harding got to that one he was so irritated that he answered: 'Sole purpose of visit.'" -- from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, spotted by [info] realinterrobang (at whose house I'm currently typing this), at Respectful Insolence where commenter Krebiozen notes having also seen it attributed to Quentin Crisp

[A blessed Samhain to all who celebrate it -- happy new year!]

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