"The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the……" — A. A. Gill
"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."
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22 Quotes by A. A. Gill
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Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.
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He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back
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We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of…
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America didn’t bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could…
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You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's…
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A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a…
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The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s…
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Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
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Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day,…
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The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows.
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Celebrity is a national drama whose characters' parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive…
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Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography -…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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