Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
ALAN BRADLEYThe very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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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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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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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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I’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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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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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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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 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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I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic English mystery novel.
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If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven.
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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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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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