Remember, the early '60s in London was something - which must have been like Berlin in the '30s … - Ken Adam

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If you tell a woman she is beautiful, whisper it softly, for if the devil hears, he will echo it many times.

Ken Adam

Remember, the early '60s in London was something - which must have been like Berlin in the '30s when the arts flourished. You didn't have the differences in class, and so on.

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