Anthony Clifford Grayling (A.C. Grayling) Quotes

Future generations may or may not judge Wittgenstein to be one of the great philosophers. Even if they do not, however, he is sure always to count as one of the great personalities of philosophy. From our perspective it is easy to mistake one for the other; which he is time will tell.

Anthony Clifford Grayling

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• Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.

  

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• How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

  

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• One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.

  

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• I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.

  

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• Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.

  

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• I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

  

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• Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.

  

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• My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.

  

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• The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.

  

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• I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.

  

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• I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.

  

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• I'm a lover of all sorts of music, which makes me a chameleon when it comes to performing anything, whether it's opera or whatever. As long as it's good and it feels good, I'm going to cling to it.

  

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• The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.

  

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• Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.

  

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• Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

  

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• Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

  

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• Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.

  

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• The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it.

  

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• I'm constantly falling in love with objects, and they follow me around the world.

  

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• As we drew near to the gates of Dother Hall the old bell in the belfry rang out. I said, 'I must go in, it's nigh on ten of the clock.' He half-turned away from me, his jacket collar hiding his expression. Was he angry? Disappointed?" Jo looked intently and I said, "Hungry?" Jo ignored me, but as she passed by acting out walking away from Phil, she allowed her hand to slap against my head.

  

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• Future generations may or may not judge Wittgenstein to be one of the great philosophers. Even if they do not, however, he is sure always to count as one of the great personalities of philosophy. From our perspective it is easy to mistake one for the other; which he is time will tell.

  

  Anthony Clifford Grayling
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