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One-liners I

Match these eight quotes with the characters responsible:

___1. "You could have an off-white pile linen rug, a table in ... in afromosia teak veneer, sideboard with matt black drawers, curved chairs with cushioned seats, armchairs in oatmeal tweed, a beech frame settee with a woven sea-grass seat, white-topped heat-resistant coffee table, white tile surround. Yes. Then the bedroom. ..."

___2. "The Scots say 'wee'. The Orcadians say 'peedie.'"

___3. "How is it that the clouds still hang on you?"

___4. "No doubt you told Gell that Rashnikov had told you to tell Gell that Rashnikov had told you to tell him that you were being offered the bait."

___5. "I know our society has become insolently egalitarian, but I refuse to believe that the gardener's verdict on your teaching will be given too much weight."

___6. "I'm Instant Man. Get one for Christmas, endless fun."

___7. "I find that one needs one really pure single activity -- I should call love a single pure activity."

___8. "Dear lady, I do assure you, one is an old chum of the leading actor."

 

Extra credit:
name the work, the character and the author for each quote.

a.b.c.d.

e.f.g.h.

 

 

 

 

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