Major Paddy Roy Bates (29 August 1921 – 9 October 2012) was a British pirate radio broadcaster and founder of the Principality of Sealand, styling himself Prince Roy since 2 September 1967.
Read more about Paddy Roy Bates: Before Sealand, Formation and Administration of Sealand, Invasion and Recapture of Sealand, Later Life and Death, Titles, Styles, Honours and Arms
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“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched seabeams glitter in the dark near the Tennhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.”
—David Webb Peoples, U.S. screenwriter, and Ridley Scott. Roy Batty, Blade Runner, final words before dying—as an android he had a built-in life span that expired (1982)
“A boy’s best friend is his mother.”
—Joseph Stefano, U.S. screenwriter, and Alfred Hitchcock. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)