My parents were secular. I am an atheist.
BEN ELTONI think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition – and I have never suffered from it.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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I don’t consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.
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And of course to hunt down sedition. Only paper is safe. Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar, you have to hold it, you have to read it.
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Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar. You have to hold it, you have to read it.
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The worst thing about being a great power is when you’re not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.
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You’re mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund
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Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I’d never used it. I’m 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.
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We’ve all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that’s all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it’s just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.
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People who get through life dependent on other people’s possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.
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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
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No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.
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My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they’ve read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
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You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I’ve made a great living doing the things I want to do.
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