Melvyn Bragg Quotes

I like the fact George R. R. Martin took Shakespeare's political plays as material, but he also took on all sorts of other sensational stories and mingled them in together.

Melvyn Bragg

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TogetherPoliticalLikeFactHe

Don't ask me something if you don't want to know. Because I will tell you.

Melvin Van Peebles

MeYouKnowWantWillAsk

In my late 20s, I realized that I had a very clear social conscience and strong opinions about things like diversity, equality, and education, and while I tried to become more politically literate, I just couldn't catch on. It felt like I had walked into a movie that had already started, and no one would explain what had happened.

Tracee Ellis Ross

EducationDiversityEqualityStrong

I felt frustrated by the limitations of rock and the lifestyle of touring around on a bus and playing the same songs over and over. So I went back to school to study music, and one of the things I got into was the Italian opera composer Puccini.

Rivers Cuomo

MusicSchoolBackLifestyleRock

I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability.

Ron White

SilentRightAbilityHadRemain

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.

Ruth Benedict

CultureComplexBiologically

Energy is one topic on which different countries can work together collaboratively. If we can all produce energy from an element that's available in abundance on our planet, that would be a good thing, but we have to learn how to produce energy in large quantities, cheaply, efficiently and without detriment to the environment.

Mildred Dresselhaus

WorkGoodTogetherEnergyLearn

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Janis Joplin

LoveHomeAlonePeopleGoStage

I always imagined a writer was someone who lived in an attic in Paris, but my mum instilled in me a belief that I could do anything - so I ended up writing my first novel while working nights as a news reporter.

Jojo Moyes

MeWritingSomeoneParisNewsFirst

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

Diane von Furstenberg

FashionWeekImportantDesigners

Removed from 'Gmail' doesn't necessarily mean removed from all Google servers. In fact, your old emails are the data set from which Google models our behaviors - the real product it is offering its advertisers.

Douglas Rushkoff

DataProductGoogleMeanOldReal

Airbnb is a company with values around hospitality.

Brad Stone

HospitalityValuesCompanyAirbnb

The truth of the matter of is that stimulus money not only doesn't stimulate; it actually reduces output.

Arthur Laffer

TruthMoneyMatterOnlyStimulate

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