"I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice……" — Rory Bremner
"I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is."
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40 Quotes by Rory Bremner
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- Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.
- I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education,
- That business aspect of the media, that Charlotte Street world, the advertising and programme executives, it leaves me absolutely cold.…
- It is almost impossible to say the name of Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawat without adding 'give a dog a…
- I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was…
- William Hague, the world's favourite hairline.
- But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and…
- When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be…
- I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.
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- My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.
- British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.
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