Billy Bragg Quotes

Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.

Billy Bragg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 20, 1957

Topics

JobGenerationWorstBeingEverHad

I was an English major in college who concentrated in African-American literature and culture. So I read quite a few slave narratives and stories of escape, and I grew up in Ohio, which was a common stop on the Underground Railroad.

John Legend

CultureCollegeLiteratureStopUp

According as the man is, so must you humour him.

Jean Racine

ManYouHimHumourMustAccording

The great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge.

Amy Bloom

GreatChallengeMeWritingFierce

They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove.

Tony Curtis

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Most businesses do not take governments seriously when it comes to climate, primarily because many governments have inconsistent and incoherent policies and then often keep changing them, sometimes retroactively. This makes businesses reluctant to invest in greener technologies.

Jose Angel Gurria

SometimesSeriouslyTakeChanging

I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater.

Dorothy McGuire

MomentExtraordinaryBreaksTheater

In the five years from 2007 to 2012, we only gained a little over 1,200 farmers. Since we aren't going to stop eating, we have to reverse that trend, or we'll see even more consolidation, more corporate farms, or increasing food imports; none of that is in our interest.

Chris Gibson

FoodEatingStopMoreFarmersSee

I think my riding has hopefully gotten a lot better, but I'm always trying to push myself.

Chloe Kim

MyselfThinkBetterPushTryingLot

After a goalless first half, the score at half time is 0-0.

Brian Moore

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I was failed in all other aspects of filmmaking and was completely bankrupt because my dreams were higher than realities. So I started my acting school in a small room with 12 students to prepare future actors and actresses.

Anupam Kher

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I have a way of synthesizing. That's what I would encourage any young person to do: take in the ideas, the conflicts, and the world. Watch and listen and live before you go public.

William Hurt

LiveIdeasWorldYouPersonYoung

Those who have the most power - whether famous TV anchors, rich Hollywood moguls, judges, Members of Congress, or the president of the United States - must decide how to exert that power: for corruption or for good.

Pramila Jayapal

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