Melvyn Bragg Quotes
I don't believe in a personal God, no. And I don't believe in resurrection as it is in the New Testament.
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The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.
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I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.
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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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I've been fighting amidst a lot of opposition from both Hillary Clinton as well as some Republicans who wanted to send arms to the allies of ISIS. ISIS rides around in a billion dollars worth of U.S. Humvees. It's a disgrace. We've got to stop - we shouldn't fund our enemies, for goodness sakes.
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If Trump's talking to Putin can help end the bloodshed in Ukraine or Syria, it would appear to be at least as ethical an act as pulpiteering about our moral superiority on the Sunday talk shows.
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If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.
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The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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I'd always loved watching YouTube videos, and that's what inspired me to make them myself. Initially I was drawn to makeup tutorials – I learned everything I know about makeup from YouTube.
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Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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I force myself to outline, but not too closely, so I guess I plot by the seat of my pants? My natural instinct is to dive right in, but I know I'll get stuck. I like to stick with the architect vs. gardener metaphor. I guess I'm a gardener who plants tomatoes. I have the sticks in the ground and let the vines grow along those parameters.
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I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.
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Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.
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I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.
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I want to be fulfilled in myself, rather than try to follow exactly in my father's footsteps.
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I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong.
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All of the art that I love is about peeling back layers and delving into something that's in a subconscious or dream realm. People like Jan Svankmajer, or the artist Yoshimoto Nara, or David Lynch.
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I love not to be busy in a certain way.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
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Resurrection does not simply spell the survival of the soul but requires the transformation of the world as we know it.
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I don't believe in a personal God, no. And I don't believe in resurrection as it is in the New Testament.
