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William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett - I do not...

I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make sure they are still going. (William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett)

I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make sure they are still going.

William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett

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