It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
ALAN BRADLEYDuring a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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Then when the fugitive word was least expecting it I would suddenly turn the full blaze of my attention back onto it catching the culprit in the beam of my mental torch before it could sneak off again into the darkness.
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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
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Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
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One that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.
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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon.
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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother’s house was filled with English books.
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I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic English mystery novel.
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I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.
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I always woke up before the plane landed.
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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven.
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