James Lovegrove Quotes

Being at boarding school in the pre-internet era, especially a boarding school tucked away in the Oxfordshire countryside, was like being in a cocoon. You had your own life; world events happened elsewhere.

James Lovegrove

Quotes to Explore

On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.

Malala Yousafzai
- Friends
- Day
- Mine
I have selective hearing.

Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
- Hearing
- Selective
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.

Bebe Rexha
- People
- Kids
- Light
The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.

Karl Pilkington
- People
- Different
- Book
The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.

Gail Collins
- People
- High
- Nice
There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'

R. Kelly
- People
- Life
- Time