The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
ALAN BRADLEYI had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instance or oatmeal.
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Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
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I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instance or oatmeal.
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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 knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.
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TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the millions of ways in which given elements can be put together to tell a story.
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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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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack and drowned.
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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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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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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Whenever I’m with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.
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