He had that love of life and love of people; he gathered people around him like other people gather butterflies or postage stamps.

— Neil Durden-Smith

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He had that love of life and love of people; he gathered people around him like other people gather butterflies or postage stamps." in the context of "Neil Durden-Smith "Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89", BBC News (6 February 2010)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ian Carmichael

About Ian Carmichael

Ian Gillett Carmichael OBE (18 June 1920 – 5 February 2010) was an English film, stage, television and radio actor.