Adrian Anthony Gill (A. A. Gill) Quotes

Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.

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• I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.

  

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• If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.

  

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• I never try to follow a trend or fashion.

  

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• During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation - namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins - was a central topic in molecular biology.

  

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• When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.

  

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• The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.

  

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• Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.

  

  Adrian Anthony Gill
  • Thinking
  • Funny
  • Television