Melvyn Bragg Quotes

It is in our culture that we don't want to admit that our culture is good.

Melvyn Bragg

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I just grate on my own nerves. I don't like to watch me.

Megan Fox

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There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

Robert Staughton Lynd

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If you research history, I think we are all Jewish. It's the original culture.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.

Sue Townsend

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The one thing we can do is invest in the quality of education, especially higher education.

Ron Kind

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I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

Roy Romer

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I'd want it to be really special to both of us, but I'm a huge fan of 'At Last' as a wedding song. But what's also really cool is songs that no one else would have at their wedding, like an obscure Radiohead song.

Mary Lambert

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I know the different ways that I have lost. I think that's beneficial to me because I know how I got in those situations in the past, and I know how to avoid those situations.

Michelle Waterson

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I can sleep anywhere from eight hours to 12 hours - but then I can also go on no sleep.

Molly Sims

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If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires.

Doris Lessing

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In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.

Deepak Chopra

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