One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
ALAN BRADLEYCompared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
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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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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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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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Children have much more finely tuned senses of justice, morals, and ethics. They are much more Platonic: children are symmetrical, before we begin to fragment them with our own nonsensical ideas and squelch their natural joy in knowledge.
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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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I love that form very much because the reader is so familiar with all of the types of characters that are in there that they already identify with the book.
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I always woke up before the plane landed.
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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books.
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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.
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The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
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