Melvyn Bragg Quotes
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So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.
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A hot dog cut up with ketchup is, like, lunch for me, so I just think it's funny to Instagram it. I just don't want to put that much effort into cooking.
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Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.
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To a starving man, God can only appear in the form of bread.
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The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance.
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So we must realize this: the suicidal framing story that dominates our world today has no power except the power we give it by believing it. Similarly, believing an alternative and transforming framing story may turn out to be the most radical thing any of us can ever do.
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If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.
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Any sportswriter who thinks the world is no bigger than the outfield fence in not only a bad citizen, but also a lousy sportswriter.
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Occasionally, especially on video games and with a lot of the fighting stuff, to get what you feel is the proper sound, you have to imitate what you're doing, and occasionally I've gotten carried away and kicked over mic stands or punched things.
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You can watch Chanel fashion shows and watch the news. Fortunately you don't have to choose. I always vote, I go to rallies, but I also go to fashion shows.
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Everybody loves a good Christmas song if you do it right.
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There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.
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All experience helps when you write.
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We have no rational evidence that there exists another world, but we have a clear feeling that man does not exist only to produce and to consume.
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I still have to work paycheck to paycheck. Being in show business doesn't indicate that you're a 'success,' in my opinion.
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I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.
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I like the dynamic of PBS. They're very honest and authentic.
