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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There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
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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'd done 'Peter Pan' in a little pre-K class or whatever.
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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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A human being is a deciding being.
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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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All things in moderation, including moderation.
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My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.
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American influence is not what it used to be.
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There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man.
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I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it's a controlled substance.
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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.
