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 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 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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For me, being part of the WTA tour is a privilege. Every day I wake up, it's a privilege to be able to go outside and do what I love. It's a privilege to be able to make my own hours, even though they're long, but I make them.
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I'm a perfectionist about being on time.
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I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.
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That we could live in a country with no rules for the rich, no rights for the poor, and no middle class to speak of, is wrong; it's a crime against the next generation and we've got to do something about it.
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Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.
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The imprimatur of truthfulness does not guarantee truthfulness. People should know better. But they don't.
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One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.
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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.
