Melvyn Bragg quotes
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“There's nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered.”
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“Writing novels is a way of living alternative lives.”
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“When anybody tells you something about writing, somebody will tell you something completely different and they will also be right”
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“Occasionally now I feel a wang that goes in my head - once you've got it you've got it. The [illness] was quite severe, leaving me deeply unhappy and frightened.”
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“More people now work in the arts than the steel, coal and car industries combined.”
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“History is too often the refuge of the tidy-minded, making neat patterns when the dust has settled.”
-- Melvyn BraggSource : Melvyn Bragg (2013). “The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language”, p.51, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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“To hear the Treorchy Male Choir in full throat is one of the great joys of choral music.”
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“It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics.”
Source : "Alexander Lebedev profile: ex-KGB agent says he will champion a free press". Interview with Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. January, 14, 2009.
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“The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great.”
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“The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture.”
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“I'm not really a churchy person, although I do think Jesus was a good bloke.”
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“Ive worked really physically hard, and I was never afraid of working hard as younger bloke.”
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