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A A Gill Quotes

Celebrity is a national drama whose characters’ parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don’t actually have to turn up to their own lives at all Picture Quote #1

The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule Picture Quote #1

You either get the point of Africa or you don’t. What draws me back year after year is that it’s like seeing the world with the lid off Picture Quote #1

The truth and the facts aren’t necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas Picture Quote #1

I don’t know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties Picture Quote #1

Television is a constant stream of fact, opinions, lies, moral dilemmas, plots: an infinitely complex and sophisticated torrent of information. How could it not make you cleverer? The only people who ever thought television rotted the brain and made kids dumb were those with a vested interest in other ways of learning, or those who were intellectually insecure, usually about books Picture Quote #1

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It’s a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing Picture Quote #1

A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo’s compliment and fishy as a chancellor’s promise Picture Quote #1

He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers’ melt waters to go back Picture Quote #1

I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn’t watch television when the sun is out Picture Quote #1

Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It’s among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible Picture Quote #1

Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they’re both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present Picture Quote #1

Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life Picture Quote #1

America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be Picture Quote #1

Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition Picture Quote #1

Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we’d like to be seen Picture Quote #1

The reason that chefs become chefs is that they’re not allowed into rooms with windows Picture Quote #1

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Celebrity is a national drama whose characters’ parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don’t actually have to turn up to their own lives at all (A A Gill Quotes) The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule (A A Gill Quotes) You either get the point of Africa or you don’t. What draws me back year after year is that it’s like seeing the world with the lid off (A A Gill Quotes) The truth and the facts aren’t necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas (A A Gill Quotes) I don’t know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties (A A Gill Quotes) Television is a constant stream of fact, opinions, lies, moral dilemmas, plots: an infinitely complex and sophisticated torrent of information. How could it not make you cleverer? The only people who ever thought television rotted the brain and made kids dumb were those with a vested interest in other ways of learning, or those who were intellectually insecure, usually about books (A A Gill Quotes) It’s a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing (A A Gill Quotes) A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo’s compliment and fishy as a chancellor’s promise (A A Gill Quotes) He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers’ melt waters to go back (A A Gill Quotes) I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn’t watch television when the sun is out (A A Gill Quotes) Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It’s among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible (A A Gill Quotes) Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions (A A Gill Quotes) Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they’re both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present (A A Gill Quotes) Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life (A A Gill Quotes) America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be (A A Gill Quotes) Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition (A A Gill Quotes) Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we’d like to be seen (A A Gill Quotes) The reason that chefs become chefs is that they’re not allowed into rooms with windows (A A Gill Quotes)