This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.
BEN ELTONI think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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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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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I loved writing ‘Two Brothers’ more than anything else I have written. It’s the first book I’ve written that I’ve always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.
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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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My parents were secular. I am an atheist.
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I’m easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
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I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.
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Comedy will always be central to what I do, it’s just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.
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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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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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For the past seventeen years I have been experimenting with lager. I am a lager user and one drug leads to another. If you do lager, as night follows day, you’ll end up doing Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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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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The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
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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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Leaders should never, ever try to look cool – that’s for dictators
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