Billy Bragg Quotes

Most of the people that I went to school with - I went to secondary school - we were educated to go and work in the line at Ford's, and if we were lucky, technical skilled labor. I sort of rejected that, and thought I wanted to do something else.

Billy Bragg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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People are getting patents on things that are too general.

Jerry Yang

PeopleThingsGeneralTooGetting

When we separate music from life we get art.

John Cage

LifeMusicArtGetSeparate

There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

Trevor Phillips

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My take on it, like a filmmaker or actor, is if you have much more colors within your creation, eventually people will appreciate what you're doing, and the other stuff is secondary, like critiques or even awards or anything else, as long as people enjoy it.

Tommy Wiseau

PeopleColorsAppreciateDoingEnjoy

I hope we've lightened up over the years. We're fairly comfortable where we are, living-wise, and we're excited, honestly, just to still be around. I think we're less earnest than we were.

Mike McCready

HopeThinkComfortableOverExcited

Even if you plan your book, the actual writing is unplanned.

Michelle Paver

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I'm often in Venice in November and December, when it's foggy and wintry, and the decorations in the shops and the lights in the churches make the place feel both Christmassy and melancholic.

Juergen Teller

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Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.

Cory Booker

DemocratsOurPragmatismPlatform

In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to send troops.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

NobodyMeetPrimeForcesSendEven

I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.

Bobby Jindal

LaughRememberSituationMessed Up

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

Anthony Trollope

WritingWayWellEasilyAlso

Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health care, education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality.

Allen Boyd

EducationWomenHealthMenPromises

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