Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
ALAN BRADLEYAll of it! – was held together by invisible chemical bonds, and I found a strange, inexplicable comfort in knowing that somewhere, even though we couldn’t see it in our own world, there was a real stability.
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The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
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I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.
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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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One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
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All of it! – was held together by invisible chemical bonds, and I found a strange, inexplicable comfort in knowing that somewhere, even though we couldn’t see it in our own world, there was a real stability.
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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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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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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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Except I’m aware that as a writer you can’t get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults.
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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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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 fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky.
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