The best things in life are free
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If 'the best things in life are free' then clearly nobody told the 20 Premier League clubs, who spent an eye-watering £3.1bn this summer.
From BBC
If the best things in life are free, you won't find many of them on a Ryanair flight - and its social media accounts aren't shy to say so.
From BBC
“The moon belongs to everyone,” declared “The Best Things in Life Are Free.”
From New York Times
Opening with an ebullient piano riff and the indelible lyrics “The best things in life are free/But you can give them to the birds and bees,” the 1960 release of “Money” was a breakthrough moment for Berry Gordy Jr.’s nascent recording company, which was headquartered in a Detroit house emblazoned with the sign “Hitsville U.S.A.”
From Washington Post
The recording engineer, Robert Bateman, was tantalized by what he was hearing, alerted Mr. Gordy, and soon the song, with its famous opening — “The best things in life are free, but you can give them to the birds and bees” — was born.
From New York Times
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