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"I don't know if you've seen Street of Crocodiles: it's quite macabre, not for all tastes"
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"Phew, I feel very honoured: how kind of you :) (not that I took the photos, myself, of course) Swansea bay; that's unexpected, but it is very pleasant along the shore there (my birthplace)"
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"This is an excellent presentation and interesting to know about, as usual :)"
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"Thanks: glad it's useful. Really I should do more, but I've concentrated more on Wales here."
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"Oh I was thinking of doing an arctic fox list; they are so beautiful"
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"Her name rang a bell. Reading that brought to mind Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%CA%BBiulani, who tried to resist US takeover, but Ranavalona more powerful, ruthless and "
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"Kind thanks :) Ah yes, I did enjoy doing it, partly cos I was discovering some things along the way"
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"Excellent work! I'm not keen on Brando but Astaire, Grant and Bogart may be my favourite actors."
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"May they all be saved! Too many species have become extinct already"
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"I've only seen 1 film in over 2 months of being on listal. In the last few years I've needed breaks from seeing too many films"
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"Bergman and Fellini did at least direct Oscar winning "Foreign Language" films. Truly great directors like Mizoguchi, Renoir, Tarkovsky and Satyajit Ray missed out on that, though Renoir's Grand Illus"
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"Good stuff! You may find my Essential Kubrick list, with A-Z, of interest"
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"Wallace was a really good and modest guy: he wanted votes for women, a fairer world, but lacked Darwin's social connections. If he hadn't written to Darwin he would have had sole credit for the theory"
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"Amitabh Bachchan, Antoni Gaudi, Confucius, Elvis Costello, Gautama Buddha, Joanna Lumley, Kate Bush, Martina Navratilova, Spike Milligan, Ted Danson"
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"Nice arrangement: i'll have to look into how those shelves are done. Oh, you may be interested in Alfred Russel Wallace, co-originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection, though Darwin g"
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"Excellent! Some photos by Brassai are Noirish and I wouldn't be surprised if the director Tarr was influenced by him. Oops. I think maybe it was more Kertesz who was Tarr-like"