"We like to see death as an unfair……" — A. A. Gill
"We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes."
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22 Quotes by A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill has 22 quotes on this site.
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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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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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I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie…
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And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and…
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one…
— Bono
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I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage…
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves,…
— Richard Branson
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Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there…
— Mel Brooks
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Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying…
— Alvar Aalto
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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
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The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the…
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What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.
— A. S. Byatt
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My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including…
— Herman Cain
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Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a…
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