I don’t consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.
BEN ELTONI did not vote Labour because they’ve heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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I see dull people as projects … to be reformed
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I resent the creation of a world in which beauty is a reminder of what we’re losing rather than a celebration of what we have.
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The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.
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I did not vote Labour because they’ve heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.
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I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.
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I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it’s a risk worth running.
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You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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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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I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.
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I don’t know what people who I’ve never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things – but I’m proud of the fact I’ve remained close to everyone I’ve ever worked with.
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This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
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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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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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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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