From a (quite interesting) obituary of the moral philosopher, Philippa Foot (who evidently married, on the rebound, Iris Murdoch's jilted lover), on Elizabeth Anscombe:
"'She wore trousers,' Philippa Foot recalled, 'smoked a cigar and occasionally used foul language – but she was also a very high-minded Catholic, so you could be caught both ways.'"
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You can put that on my tombstone. Or, alternatively, "She had very nice legs and she loved Evelyn Waugh novels." (I'm told that a prominent Washington figure lists these as the reasons he fell in love with his wife.)
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