"If you'd spent your life being called "Gyles Brandreth", you would crawl across broken glass to achieve the bliss, the simplicity, the purity, the joy of simply being called "Bob"."

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Source : "Genius" with Dave Gorman, BBC Radio 4, Series 3, Episode 4, October 22, 2007.

Gyles Brandreth

#Glasses Quotes #Broken Quotes #Simplicity Quotes

“To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.”

Source : " A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles from Ancient and Modern Sources" by H. L. Mencken, 1942.
“I have to change to stay the same.”

Source : Barbara Hess, Willem De Kooning (2004). “Willem de Kooning, 1904-1997: Content as a Glimpse”, p.79, Taschen
“Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.”
“I think it is a very natural tendency for the nations to increase their influence in the international space, as they pursue their international relations with different countries.”
“Indeed, nowadays no electrical engineer could get along without complex numbers, and neither could anyone working in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics.”
“I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do.”
“From our sorrow we might seek out the sweetness and the good that is often associated with and peculiar to our challenge. We can seek out those memorable moments that are frequently hidden by the pain and agony. We can find peace in extending ourselves to others, using our own experiences to provide hope and comfort. And we can always remember with great solemnity and gratitude Him who suffered most to make it all right for us. And by so doing we can be strengthened to bear our burdens in peace. And then, the 'works of God' might be manifest.”
“When I was first drafted, I was just happy that any team wanted to take me, but it was the Red Wings, and that made it better.”

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