"No collection of people who are all waiting……" — Ben Elton
"No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi."
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37 Quotes by Ben Elton
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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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The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get…
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The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.
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I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from 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…
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The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty…
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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…
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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…
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My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they…
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish.
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