During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
ALAN BRADLEYIt makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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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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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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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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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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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 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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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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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 always woke up before the plane landed.
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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No … eight days a week.
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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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