Melvyn Bragg Quotes
I'm not a fan of the working class being mocked, including by some of our famous writers - even those who came from it.
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William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going through what happened in the 1960s in 1840 in Boston.
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I don't plan on being bashful.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.
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The Southern borders of Bavaria are being protected by Hungary.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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The Negro was freed and turned loose as a penniless, landless, naked, ignorant laborer. Ninety-nine per cent were field hands and servants of the lowest class.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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I found it hard being a full-time mum and take my hat off to anyone who can do it.
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Do more than you are being paid to do, and you'll eventually be paid more for what you do.
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It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.
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The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.
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Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
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But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.
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I am from the class that has, in a sense, benefited from the status quo, but everyone still gets victimized.
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
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I'm not a fan of the working class being mocked, including by some of our famous writers - even those who came from it.
