Malcolm Bradbury Quotes
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
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The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
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I am no politician.
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To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.
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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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With sociology one can do anything and call it work.
