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"Oh no she Downt&amp;apos;nt! True, Downton Abbey may not be the most action-packed show on television. But thanks to the irrepressible presence of Lady Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, it packs an arsenal of zingers, one-liners, and bon mots brutal enough to make a Walking Dead shotgun blast look like a musical number from Dora the Explorer. Imagine those two old-man Muppets who heckle from the balcony dressed in Edwardian drag and you&amp;apos;ve got an idea of the scathingly funny energy that Dame Maggie Smith brings to every scene she&amp;apos;s in.\r\nWhich makes it hard to come up with the definitive list of her best lines from Downton Abbey Season Three, but like the Dowager Countess herself we never shirk from a challenge. In the aftermath of Sunday&amp;apos;s shocking season finale, here are Lady Violet&amp;apos;s 16 best quotes from Season Three. Disagree if you want, but both we and the Dowager are never wrong.\r\nBy Sean T. Collins"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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