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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I grew up being terrified of my parents, particularly my father figures.
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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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'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again.
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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
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When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.
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...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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I can write a song and a thousand people could hear it and there will be countless different reasons why those people get something out of that song. But they're all there for the same reason, which is to enjoy music and to let it help dissolve those problems or those rough days or to give a reason to keep putting the boots on. So to see ideas come to fruition and for someone to get something out of it is a beautiful thing.
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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.
