Melvyn Bragg Quotes

I've been making arts programmes for almost 50 years, and every day, I can't believe my luck.

Melvyn Bragg

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If you want to do a talk show on network television, you're probably going to wind up having a desk and a band, wearing a suit, and having a sidekick. Audiences want to feel comfortable.

Jimmy Kimmel

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The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

Jim Leach

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Growing up, I was a very shy kid but I felt that being on stage or playing another character would somehow open me up. And I think it did.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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It's a beautiful thing when you serve the team.

John David Washington

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When I saw 'My Fair Lady,' I was surprised at how mean and misogynistic Henry was. Maybe that's why it's dropping out of public consciousness.

John Cho

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I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

Maximilian Schell

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I was one of those kids who had never seen an indie film before I got to college. If it wasn't a big, huge tentpole movie, or if it wasn't on the radio, I hadn't experienced it.

John Krasinski

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I didn't become interested in derivatives until 1982, 1983.

John Hull

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Being a part of the action is just incredible. I loved doing stunt stuff. I loved learning to ride.

Anna Popplewell

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In a Western, you don't over-explain.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.

Jeff Bridges

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People are made up of flaws.

Amanda Seyfried

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