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I don’t mind towns growing, so long as they do grow and don’t merely spread like gravy over a tablecloth.

Source:(Secker & Warburg, ed. 1939), Part IV, Chapter V, Page 213
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George Orwell (Coming Up for Air Quotes)
  • Book: Coming Up for Air
  • Writer: George Orwell
  • Genre: Satire
  • Published: 1939
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