Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we’d like to be seen.
A. A. GILLTelevision gives us the gift to see ourselves as we’d like to be seen.
A. A. GILLThe truth and the facts aren’t necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.
A. A. GILLAmerica didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.
A. A. GILLFacts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
A. A. GILLI don’t know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
A. A. GILLScience fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they’re both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
A. A. GILLHe (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers’ melt waters to go back
A. A. GILLSport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.
A. A. GILLI still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn’t watch television when the sun is out.
A. A. GILLThe reason that chefs become chefs is that they’re not allowed into rooms with windows.
A. A. GILLThe interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.
A. A. GILLAmericans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They’re not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.
A. A. GILLWe like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
A. A. GILLWe like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.
A. A. GILLA lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo’s compliment and fishy as a chancellor’s promise.
A. A. GILLBreakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.
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