I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.
BEN ELTONThis calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
More Ben Elton Quotes
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Kingsley watched her disappear from the room, wondering if his heart would break. Logic informed him that of course it would not. The heart was no more than a muscle, a pump which distributed blood about the body.
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If I did things for the money, I’d have done adverts in the 1980s, when I was hot enough to be offered them, and ‘Police Academy 6,’ which I was asked to write.
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
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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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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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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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My parents were secular. I am an atheist.
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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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Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them.
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Artists don’t create society, they reflect it
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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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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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You didn’t wake up, your dreams just changed gear.
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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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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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